21 сент. 2024 г. · The American commander in chief, General George Washington, ordered Lafayette to block Cornwallis's possible escape from Yorktown by land.

Commander, General George Washington, commanding · Headquarters · Artillery under Brigadier General Henry Knox · Light Division, under Major General Marie-Joseph ...

Generals at the Battle of Yorktown: General Washington commanded the American army. Lieutenant-General de Rochambeau commanded the French troops. Major-General ...

Gen. George B. McClellan decided instead to besiege the Rebel lines. He ordered gun emplacements built between the James and York Rivers outside of Yorktown and ...

26 февр. 2015 г. · American Units and Commanders: Commander-in-Chief: General George Washington, Inspector General: Baron von Steuben, Adjutant General: Brigadier General Edward ...

The victory at Yorktown ended the major combat during the Revolutionary War and led to American independence.

9 нояб. 2009 г. · When British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and his army surrendered to General George Washington's American force and its French allies at ...

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

19 окт. 2024 г. · On October 19, 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army of some 8,000 men to General George Washington at Yorktown, ...