158. Gates's Defeat at Camden ,1780
Cornwallis had little trouble in occupying the greater part of South Carolina . There was no one to oppose him , for the American army had been captured with Charleston . Another smal army was got together in North Car - olina and the command given to Gates , the victor at Saratoga . One night both Gates and Cornwallis set out to attack the other ＇ s camp . The two armies met at daybreak , the British havingthe best position . But this really made little difference , for Gates ＇ s Virginia militia - men ran away before the British came within fighting distance . The North Carolina mili - tia followed the Virginians . Only the regu - lars from Maryland and Delaware were left . They fought on like heroes until their leader , General John De Kalb , fel with seventeen wounds . Then the survivors surrendered . Gates himself had been carried far to the rear by the rush of the fleeing militia .
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