GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, October, 1780  

* Battle of Camden, South Carolina
* American Revolutionary War from the enemy

Inside has a lengthy & very detailed letter from Lord Cornwallis to Lord Germain on the battle of Camden, S.C., which begins: "It is with great pleasure that I communicate to your lordship an account of the...victory obtained on the 16th inst. by his Majesty's troops under my command over the rebels of the southern army, commanded by General Gates...". This report continues to take two pages & is signed in type: Cornwallis.
There is much war content under: "American Affairs" with some of the reports mentioning: "...On the 21st of July this little handful of men were attacked by a body of...2000 rebels, with 7 pieces of cannon under the command of the Gens. Wayne, Irving and Proctor, whom they repulsed with great loss...", "...During this time Washington but a rapid movement had, with an army increased to 12,000 men, passed the North River & was moving towards Kingsbridge when learning that the troops were returned he re-crossed the river & retired to Orange Town...", "...mentions that had put an end to all resistance in S. Carolina...received  of the good disposition of the loyalists in N. Carolina & of the impossibility of subsisting a body of troops in that country till the harvest was over...the government of N. Carolina were likewise making great exertions to raise troops & persecuting the loyalists in a cruel manner..." and much more, with American news continuing to take nearly two pages.
Among other reports in this issue are: "On Negro Slavery" which takes over a full page; A letter signed in type by: Benjamin Franklin; "Biographical Memoirs of Dean Stanhope" which includes a full page plate of him, and more.
The mentioned Stanhope plate is the only plate called for.
Complete in 48 pages, full title/contents page with an engraving of St. John's Gate, 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches, very nice condition.

Background: Fought on August 16, 1780, the Battle of Camden was one of the most devastating tactical disasters suffered by the American Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, fundamentally altering the dynamic of the war's Southern Theater. After Major General Horatio Gates blundered by marching a sick, depleted army through barren terrain and foolishly lining up untrained militia directly opposite elite British regulars, the American lines collapsed almost instantly under a British bayonet charge. The ensuing rout cost the Americans roughly 2,000 casualties—including the tragic death of veteran commander Baron de Kalb—along with their entire artillery train, while General Gates infamously fled 180 miles north in a panic. Beyond its immediate military toll, the historical significance of Camden lies in how it marked the absolute nadir of American fortunes in the South, firmly securing British control over South Carolina and shattering Gates's reputation. However, this catastrophic failure forced a crucial strategic reset: Congress replaced Gates with General Nathanael Greene, whose brilliant shift toward mobile, unconventional warfare and hit-and-run guerrilla tactics would ultimately exhaust the British army and pave the winding road to Yorktown.

A nice Revolutionary War era magazine from the "mother country" with a wide range of varied content beyond the war reports noted below. This was the very first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun in 1731.