the troops were unnumbered for the British so the British general surrendered
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they were surrounded by the french
The British cold not retreat from Yorktown because the French fleet blocked the harbor and the American and French troops, surrounded the town.
The French helped the Patriots win the war by bringing military generals and supplies to help with their fight against the British. The French help by preventing the British Naval forces from rescuing their troops at Yorktown, the British general was forced to accept defeat and surrender.
Because threre were to many troops. Like the Americans and the French.
American and French troops and ships surrounded Yorktown in 1781. British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19th, bringing an end to the American Revolution.
Yorktown
Peter Mohawk Angelino Garcia french commander
Peter Mohawk Angelino Garcia french commander
They wanted to defeat the British and French before American troops could be used.
Battle Of Yorktown
The last battle, major one too, was at Yorktown, 1781 A combination of American & French troops surrounded the forces of British general Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced the British surrender. Yorktown was a peninsula and the French fleet prevented Cornwallis to escape, as the British fleet from New York was too late for a rescue operation.