 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Clinton akatanga kuunganidza mauto kuti aende kunotora Charleston, achibvisa mauto kuNewport nokuda kwechinangwa ichocho. Clinton pachake akatungamirira mushandirapamwe uyu, uye boka racho raiva nevarume 14 000 rakafamba nechikepe richienda kumaodzanyemba richibva kuNew York pakupera kwegore. Pakutanga kwa1780, Clinton akanga akomba Charleston. Muna May, achishanda pamwe chete naAdmiral Arbuthnot, akamanikidza guta racho, rine varwi varo vane zviuru zvishanu, kuti rirasike, mukukundwa kunoshamisa uye kwakakomba kwechinangwa chevapanduki. Arbuthnot naClinton havana kushanda pamwe chete zvakanaka panguva yekukombwa, uye kupopotedzana kwavo kwakaramba kuripo kusvikira muna 1781, nemigumisiro inosuruvarisa yekubatana kwevakuru vakuru veBritain. Ukama hwaClinton naCornwallis hwakawedzerawo kuipa munguva yekukombwa, hwakavandudzika zvishoma mushure mekunge America yakundwa uye Clinton aenda kuNew York. 