Research Paper On The Battle Of Yorktown

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The Siege of Yorktown , most known as the Battle of Yorktown , which was a military conflict between Great Britain and 13 colonies in North America during the revolutionary war , October 9,1781 at the battle field in Yorktown , Virginia . The battle was a great victory for the colonists . This was where Lord Cornwallis the British general surrendered to George Washington general of the Continental Army and De Rochambeau general of the French Army . The British army was defeated . There were 8,800 Americans , 7,800 French and 6,000 British . The British were dressed in red coats and headgear , the French were dressed in Blue coats and headgear & Americans dressed as best as they could .
Washington received a dispatch from his headquarters