Sir Henry Clinton

Washington's Continental Army and Clinton's British army fought to a draw near Monmouth Court House, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778.

Germain and Clinton embraced a plan to regain the Southern Colonies, beginning with Savannah.

Clinton dispatched Campbell with 3,100 men; the fleet reached Tybee Island on 23 December 1778.

Savannah became a raiding base, repelled a Franco-American siege in 1779, and was held until 1782.

Campbell's force defeated the American garrison on 29 December 1778 and took the city.

Campbell occupied a frontier town for a few weeks before retreating to Savannah, citing weak support and Patriot threats.

Clinton evacuated Newport, left Knyphausen in New York, and sailed December 26, 1779, with 8,500 troops and 5,000 sailors, anchoring February 1, 1780.

British forces advanced to Middleton Place and Drayton Hall, crossed the Ashley River on March 29, 1780, and besieged Charleston for roughly six weeks.

On May 12, 1780, Major General Benjamin Lincoln surrendered the Charleston garrison to the British after approximately six weeks of siege.

The surrender left no substantial American army in the South; after Waxhaws the British cleared South Carolina, and Clinton departed for New York on June 5, 1780.

British forces occupied Stony Point during Clinton's May 1779 Hudson expedition, driving off a small American garrison and using the heights to shell Fort Lafayette.

Before dawn on 16 July 1779, Wayne's trained light infantry stormed the British outpost in a bayonet assault, defeating the garrison in a quick, daring attack.

Putnam opened diversionary fire against Verplanck's Point as the assault began, distracting the British until morning; Wayne's cannons later fired at long range without effect.

The Americans abandoned Stony Point on July 18 after removing captured cannons and supplies; Colonel Johnson was later court-martialed for inadequate defense.

After Connecticut Farms foiled Knyphausen's June 7 advance, Knyphausen and Clinton decided upon a second attempt against Washington's army.

On June 23, 1780, British forces advanced but withdrew before newly arriving rebel forces, yielding a Continental victory at Springfield.

Greene deployed 1,500 Continentals and 500 New Jersey Militia at Springfield and Elizabethtown, blocking Knyphausen's route to Hobart Gap.

British losses for the June 7–23 expedition totaled 25 killed, 234 wounded, and 48 missing; militia casualties were reported at ten killed, forty wounded, and ten prisoners.