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The siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown and the surrender at Yorktown, began September 28, 1781, and ended on October 19, 1781, at exactly 10:30 am in Yorktown, Virginia.
9 Νοε 2009 · When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington ’s American force and its French allies at the Battle of Yorktown on October 19, 1781, it...
21 Σεπ 2024 · Siege of Yorktown (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.
5 Σεπ 2024 · The Siege of Yorktown was fought by British soldiers and their German auxiliaries, who were besieged in the town, against American and French troops who were laying siege. The British were led by Lord Charles Cornwallis, while the Americans were led by George Washington and the French by Comte de Rochambeau.
19 Οκτ 2016 · In the autumn of 1781, however, the French and Americans finally realized the potential of their alliance in dramatic fashion. The French fleet that cut Cornwallis off by sea fended off a British attempt to relieve him, forcing the British vessels to retreat to New York to repair and refit.
General George Washington and his Continental Army had a decision to make in the spring of 1781. They could strike a decisive blow to the British in New York City or aim for the south, in Yorktown, Virginia, where Gen. Charles Lord Cornwallis ’s troops were garrisoned.
26 Μαρ 2024 · The Battle of Yorktown — also known as the Siege of Yorktown — took place from September 28, 1781, to October 19, 1781, in and around Yorktown, Virginia. It was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
