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CLINTON, Sir HENRY, Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in North America . Letter signed ("H Clinton") as Commander-in-Chief, to Lord George Germain, Secretary of State for American Colonies, "Head Quarters Philipsburgh," 10 June 1779. 1¾ pages, folio, 325 x 200 mm. (12¾ x 8 in.), integral blank . Fine.
THE BRITISH COMMANDER REPORTS TO HIS SUPERIORS IN LONDON. An interesting letter written at the height of British successes in Georgia, mentioning General Augustine Prevost, in charge of operations in the Southern theatre: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of some Dispatches...which were forwarded to me by Captain Henry from Savannah...Not having received any Accounts Whatever from Major General [Augustine] Prevost...I have to lament that I can only enclose [not present]...Copies of Reports & Intelligence lately received from Georgia; but the Commodore is so good to say he will send Your Lordship Extracts of Letters he has just received from Captain Henry, who Commands his Majesty's Ships in the Savannah River..."
Henry Clinton (1738?-1795) served as Commander in Chief of the British Armies in North America from 1778 until 1782. Clinton, however, has been largely disregarded as a military figure even though he proved to be the most successful of all the British generals serving during the Revolutionary War. Lord George Germain (1716-1785), expelled from the British army in 1760 after being deemed unfit to hold a commission, was appointed Secretary of State for Colonies in 1775, a position which gave him ultimate control over the armies in North America.
THE BRITISH COMMANDER REPORTS TO HIS SUPERIORS IN LONDON. An interesting letter written at the height of British successes in Georgia, mentioning General Augustine Prevost, in charge of operations in the Southern theatre: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of some Dispatches...which were forwarded to me by Captain Henry from Savannah...Not having received any Accounts Whatever from Major General [Augustine] Prevost...I have to lament that I can only enclose [not present]...Copies of Reports & Intelligence lately received from Georgia; but the Commodore is so good to say he will send Your Lordship Extracts of Letters he has just received from Captain Henry, who Commands his Majesty's Ships in the Savannah River..."
Henry Clinton (1738?-1795) served as Commander in Chief of the British Armies in North America from 1778 until 1782. Clinton, however, has been largely disregarded as a military figure even though he proved to be the most successful of all the British generals serving during the Revolutionary War. Lord George Germain (1716-1785), expelled from the British army in 1760 after being deemed unfit to hold a commission, was appointed Secretary of State for Colonies in 1775, a position which gave him ultimate control over the armies in North America.