[PAR] [TLE] Benedict Arnold [SEP] Benedict Arnold (January 14, 1741 [O.S. January 3, 1740] June 14, 1801) was a general during the American Revolutionary War, who fought for the American Continental Army, and later defected to the British Army.  While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fortifications at West Point, New York (which after 1802 would become the site of the U.S. Military Academy), overlooking the cliffs at the Hudson River (upriver from British-occupied New York City), and planned to surrender them to British forces.  This plan was exposed in September 1780.  He was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general. [PAR] [TLE] John André [SEP] John André (2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting Benedict Arnold's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British.
[PAR] [TLE] Benedict Arnold [ SEP ] Benedict Arnold ( January 14 , 1741 [ O.S. January 3 , 1740 ] June 14 , 1801 ) was a general during the American Revolutionary War , who fought for the American Continental Army , and later defected to the British Army . While a general on the American side , he obtained command of the fortifications at West Point , New York ( which after 1802 would become the site of the U.S. Military Academy ) , overlooking the cliffs at the Hudson River ( upriver from British - occupied New York City ) , and planned to surrender them to British forces . This plan was exposed in September 1780 . He was commissioned into the British Army as a brigadier general . [PAR] [TLE] John André [ SEP ] John André ( 2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780 ) was a British Army officer hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting Benedict Arnold 's attempted surrender of the fort at West Point , New York to the British .
John André (2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780) was a British Army officer, hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting with the attempted surrender of the fort at West Point, New York to the British, assisting which general during the American Revolutionary War, who fought for the American Continental Army, and later defected to the British Army?
John André ( 2 May 1750 – 2 October 1780 ) was a British Army officer , hanged as a spy by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War for assisting with the attempted surrender of the fort at West Point , New York to the British , assisting which general during the American Revolutionary War , who fought for the American Continental Army , and later defected to the British Army ?
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold