USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the summer of 1780, 5, 500 French troops, with Comte de Rochambeau at the helm, landed in Newport, Rhode Island to aid the Americans.

Detailed explanation-2: -In early October, approximately 17, 000 American and French troops led by Generals George Washington and Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau, respectively, surrounded British-occupied Yorktown.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was a decisive victory by a combined force of the American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington with support from Marquis de Lafayette and French Army troops led by Comte de Rochambeau over the British Army commanded by British Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Washington’s troops in New York, where they were to attack the British stronghold in New York City. But plans changed. With the mission refocused on taking Cornwallis’s army in Yorktown, the French continued their trek for 300 miles and five weeks and helped win a critical victory for the Americans.