THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
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When the British Reinforcements came
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When the American forces had trapped Cornwallis fro the east
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When American and French forces had trapped Cornwallis from the west and French Naval Forces trapped him from the east
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Whe the British surrendered
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Americans and French marched from Williamsburg to Yorktown on September 28 and began digging a trench 800 yards from the British defense line to begin a siege.
Detailed explanation-3: -General George Washington and his French allies knew that if they took the redoubts, they could then fire directly on Yorktown itself and force the British commander Lord Cornwallis to surrender. After more than a week of bombardment, the assault finally came on the 14th of October.
Detailed explanation-4: -The year 1781 found a large squadron of British troops led by Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia. Cornwallis hoped to keep his men in the Chesapeake town until fresh supplies and reinforcements could arrive from Britain. The French and the Americans conspired to capture the British before that could happen.