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Clinton assembled 12,500 troops and attacked Charlestown

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Time: Jan, 1780

Place: Charlestown, South Carolina, U.S.

Details: Clinton assembled 12,500 troops and attacked Charlestown, South Carolina in January 1780, defeating General Benjamin Lincoln who had only 5,100 Continental troops

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