Cornwallis could technically defeat Greene at Guilford far in the interior; but he could not hold the inland region he had invaded.
从技术上讲, 康沃利斯可以在内陆远在吉尔福德击败格林。但是他无法控制他入侵的内陆地区。
美国历史
Lord Cornwallis, whose achievements at Camden and Guilford were blotted out by his surrender at Yorktown, had seen service in the Seven Years' War and had undoubted talents which he afterward displayed with great credit to himself in India.