In 1780 they seized Charleston, administered a crushing defeat to the American forces under Gates at Camden, and overran South Carolina, though meeting reverses at Cowpens and King's Mountain.

1780 年， 他们占领了查尔斯顿，在卡姆登击败了盖茨领导的美军， 并占领了南卡罗来纳州， 尽管在考彭斯和金斯山遭遇了逆转。