Knyphausen

German generals, such as Knyphausen and Riedesel, gave the British sincere and effective service.

Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence George McKinnon Wrong 1904

In the meantime, General Anthony Wayne was to keep Knyphausen at bay with the American center at the ford, and General Greene was to hold himself ready with the reserve to give aid wherever required.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

Knyphausen, encountering a faltering resistance, surged across the Brandywine and captured the American artillery, which he promptly turned on the defenders; Cornwallis launched a bayonet attack into the gap in the American right flank.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

In the meantime, General Anthony Wayne was to keep Knyphausen at bay with the American center at the ford, and General Greene was to hold himself ready with the reserve to give aid wherever required.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

One column of their forces, under the German general Wilhelm von Knyphausen, began to bombard the American position across the creek, as if it were to be the main point of attack, while another column, the British main army, under Howe and Cornwallis, crossed in a flanking movement seventeen miles upstream.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

Knyphausen, encountering a faltering resistance, surged across the Brandywine and captured the American artillery, which he promptly turned on the defenders; Cornwallis launched a bayonet attack into the gap in the American right flank.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

In the third week of July, after Clinton had returned from the South, Knyphausen advanced again, hoping not merely to destroy the military depot at Morristown but to seize the heights where Washington was encamped.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

While Washington was braving the bitter winter at Morristown, Sir Henry Clinton, leaving his New York garrison under the command of General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, had embarked 7,500 men on board transports, ships of the line, and frigates for Charleston, South Carolina, on December 26, 1779.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

One column of their forces, under the German general Wilhelm von Knyphausen, began to bombard the American position across the creek, as if it were to be the main point of attack, while another column, the British main army, under Howe and Cornwallis, crossed in a flanking movement seventeen miles upstream.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997

In the third week of July, after Clinton had returned from the South, Knyphausen advanced again, hoping not merely to destroy the military depot at Morristown but to seize the heights where Washington was encamped.

Angel in the Whirlwind Benson Bobrick 1997