It's location is why Yorktown was a good place for Cornwallis to establish fortifications. General Sir Henry Clinton, told Cornwallis to establish a fortified naval station.
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Yorktown
The surrender of the British forces under Lord Cornwallis, the last battle of the American Revolution.
Two Battles at Yorktown(American Revolutionary War)Battle/Siege of Yorktown- September 28, 1781- October 19, 1781(American Civil War)The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5th to May 4th 1862 as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
General George Washington To be more specific: The AMERICANS won the battle of Yorktown which was fought over with the British. The American's LEADER was general George Washington.
The worst American defeat in the Revolutionary War took place in Charleston, South Carolina on May 12, 1780. The British captured the city and its 5400 men army, 4 ships, and a military arsenal. The British only lost 225 men.
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781. This took place at the end of the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
Yorktown
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781. This took place at the end of the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
October 19, 1781 was the date of Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.
The last battle, major one too, was at Yorktown, 1781 A combination of American & French troops surrounded the forces of British general Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced the British surrender. Yorktown was a peninsula and the French fleet prevented Cornwallis to escape, as the British fleet from New York was too late for a rescue operation.
Actually, the generals involved with this war was General George Washington General Cornwallis and General de Rochambeau. General Washington was commanding the Continental Army. General Cornwallis commanded the British while General De Rochambeau commanded the French
The location of Yorktown is why it was a good place for Cornwallis to establish fortifications. The Siege of Yorktown took place in 1781.
The Battle of Yorktown was all about the independence of the United States as a free and independent nation. The Battle of Yorktown began on the 28th of September, 1781. General George Washington, commanded a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops.
The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown, the latter taking place on October 19, 1781, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis.
The surrender of the British forces under Lord Cornwallis, the last battle of the American Revolution.
Charles Cornwallis was defeated at Yorktown, a battle that took place during the American Civil War, because his troops were tired and sick from smallpox. Cornwallis was concentrating his fortification efforts on Yorktown, but forgot about the outer defenses. This gave Washington and Rochambeau opportunity to completely surround Cornwallis.
A fleet of French warships, commanded by Comte De Grasse, a French leader, defeated British warships and then blockaded the British army led by Cornwallis. The naval battle, known as the Battle of the Chesapeake, took place in September of 1781, with the final surrender of Cornwallis and his men taking place in October of the same year.