Greene, however, simply would not do what Cornwallis wished--stay in the north to be beaten by a second smashing blow.

He did what Cornwallis would not do; he marched back into the South and disturbed the British dream that now the country was held securely.

It mattered little that, after this, the British won minor victories.

Lord Rawdon, still holding Camden, defeated Greene on the 25th of April at Hobkirk's Hill.

None the less did Rawdon find his position untenable and he, too, was forced to march to the sea, which he reached at a point near Charleston.