Existing comment:
Stymied in the South:
Countless savage skirmishes with Continentals, provincial troops, and militia frustrated British efforts to control the South.
British operations in the South were initially successful. In 1778, British troops captured Savannah, Georgia, and moved inland, taking "a stripe and a star from the rebel flag of Congress." In 1780 they captured Charleston, South Carolina, taking nearly 5,500 prisoners. But when British forces attempted to move beyond the coast, their progress was slowed by repeated clashes with Continental troops and backcountry fighters. |