USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8, 000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the center, on horseback, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, Washington’s second-in-command, accepts the official surrender from General Lord Cornwallis’s deputy, General Charles O’Hara.

Detailed explanation-3: -Surrounded and under siege, with his planned escape route blocked by French ships, Cornwallis was forced to surrender his army of 8, 000 British troops on October 17.

Detailed explanation-4: -That day came on October 19, 1781, when the British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his troops in Yorktown, Virginia. General Cornwallis brought 8, 000 British troops to Yorktown.

Detailed explanation-5: -Generals at the Battle of Yorktown: General Washington commanded the American army. Lieutenant-General de Rochambeau commanded the French troops. Major-General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British and German troops.