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My DEAR LORD, Camp at Guilford, March 17, 1781.
General Greene having been very considerably reinforced from Virginia by eighteen-months' men and militia, and having collected all the militia of this province, advanced with an army of about 5000 or 6000 men and four 6-pounders to this place. I attacked him on the 15th, and after a very sharp action routed his army and took his cannon. The great fatigue of the troops, the number of wounded, and the want of provision, prevented our pursuing the enemy beyond the Reedy Fork. I shall send my aide-de-camp, Captain Brodrick, as soon as possible to England with the particulars ; in the mean time I beg you will transmit the contents of this note thither and to the Commander-in-Chief.
If the reinforcement from Europe is arrived, send the whole or greatest part to Wilmington, with orders to proceed without loss of time to Cross Creek.
Believe me, &c.,
- Charles Cornwallis
- Source:
- Correspondence of Charles, first Marquis Cornwallis, Vol I, Charles Ross, Esq., London, 1859
