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Return of ordnance and military stores taken by the army under the command of Lieutenant-general Earl Cornwallis, at the battle fought near Camden, the 16th of August, 1780.

From online version of Tarleton's A History Of The Campaigns Of 1780 And 1781, In The Southern Provinces Of North America..   Chapter 2., Note I, p. 139.. Transcribed by Marg Baskin.

Return of ordnance and military stores taken by the army under the command of Lieutenant-general Earl Cornwallis, at the battle fought near Camden, the 16th of August, 1780.

BRASS FIELD PIECES

. Six pounders, 4; three pounders, 2; two pounders, 2. Total, 8.

(Abandoned by the enemy, and brought from their camp, Lynche's creek.[)]

IRON FIELD PIECES.

Three pounder, 1; two pounder, 1; swivels, 3; Total, 5.)

Ammunition waggons, covered, 22; travelling forges, 2; fixed ammunition for six pounders, 160; ditto for three pounders, 520; stands of arms, 2000; musquet cartridges, 80,000.

Taken by Lieutenant-colonel Tarleton at the defeat of General Sumpter, August 18, 1780.

FIELD PIECES.
Three pounders, 2.

(Signed) J. MACLEOD,
Lieutenant, commanding officer
of artillery.

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