How did George Rogers Clark outwit the British when he captured the Ohio River Valley?

Answer 1

He tricked the British into believing he had a large army by having his men yell and scream as they attacked the fort. The British quickly surrendered
George Clark outwitted the British at Fort Sackville in Vincennes (in today's Indiana) by convincing them he had more soldiers. He also discouraged the local Native American tribes from aiding the British by having four captured Natives publically killed. The British surrendered the fort.
George Rogers Clark outwitted the British by making them surrender a fort because they believed Clark had them greatly outnumbered. He did not. His victory kept the Northwest Territories out of British hands.

Answer 2

"Clark, George Rogers (1752-1818) Revolutionary War general and "conqueror of the Northwest, " born in Albemarle County, Virginia. In the Revolutionary War, he led Kentucky riflemen, obtaining gunpowder and his militia commission from Virginia governor Patrick Henry. He raided British outposts south and west of Detroit. He captured Kaskaskia on the Mississippi (1778) and, in a daring winter assault, Vincennes on the Wabash (1779), securing American claims to the Northwest. He led an expedition against the Shawnee Indians in Ohio (1782).

The financial records of Clark's raids were burnt by Benedict Arnold's troops in a 1781 attack on Richmond, Virginia. As a result, he was never paid for his expenditures and finished his life in poverty."

Answer 3

He Got a army and killed the red coats.

Answer 4

He was the one who ENDED it. He went around the country destroying French forts. After he finished that mission, the French surrendered.

Answer 5

He took some men who knew the wilderness and captured the important British forts in Illinios and Indiana.

Answer 6

He managed to trick the British into believing he had many more men than he did. He and his 170 men traveled 200 miles in the snow.