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The first was sent from New York City in December 1780 under the command of the turncoat Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. British Army · British forces · American Army

Lieutenant-General de Rochambeau commanded the French troops. Major-General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British and German troops.

21 сент. 2024 г. · After a series of reverses and the depletion of his forces' strength, the British commander in the southern colonies, General Lord Cornwallis, ...

Our Battle of Yorktown page includes battle maps, history articles, facts, and the latest preservation news for this 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia.

26 февр. 2015 г. · Colonel John Graves Simcoe was the commander of the 320 men who fought at Yorktown. Many southern Loyalists joined this unit. This unit is ...

5 сент. 2024 г. · It resulted in the surrender of British general Lord Charles Cornwallis, whose army had been trapped in Yorktown, Virginia, by George Washington ...

Washington's forces defeated Lord Charles Cornwallis' veteran army dug in at Yorktown, Virginia. Victory at Yorktown led directly to the peace negotiations.

When Rochambeau arrived, the British were fighting on two fronts. General Henry Clinton, commander of British forces in North America, occupied New York City, ...

1. General Henry Clinton (1730–1795), British commander-in-chief for North America, had denied Major General Benjamin Lincoln the traditional honors of war when ...