Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English military commander mb-code 42-43589179 View with a horse-drawn tram

View with a horse-drawn tram in the foreground

'When peace came'

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Shows the allied troops arriving just south of Kertch Bay in the Crimea

showing the court room

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English military commander mb-code 42-43589179 View with a horse-drawn tramCharles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English military commander, late 18th century, (c1920). Cornwallis (1738 1805), served as Governor General of Bengal from 1786 to 1793 and again from July to October 1805. During the American Revolution he accepted command as Major General. In 1781 Washington moved against Cornwallis in Yorktown, Virginia, forcing Cornwallis to surrender. This defeat was decisive in ending the American Revolution.