He set up camp and kept fires going (so the British thought they were at camp) and marched to Cornwallis.
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he planned to trap Cornwallis
George washing and his troops trapped Cornwallis's troop on a peninsula in Charleston. They had no way to escape.
It's location is why Yorktown was a good place for Cornwallis to establish fortifications. General Sir Henry Clinton, told Cornwallis to establish a fortified naval station.
Cornwallis decided to take his troops north and camp at Yorktown because Cornwallis was quite tired of marching. Washington's army and himself were only hundreds of miles north. Washington thought of a plan to trap the British. His plan was to bring his army south to join Greene. So the American and French Soldiers could surround Yorktown by land. If the French navy sailed into Chesapeake Bay, French Ships could also trap the British. Finally the British Army was trapped.
The French helped the Continental army surrond Yorktown and trap the British.
he planned to trap Cornwallis
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In Yorktown, Virginia
George washing and his troops trapped Cornwallis's troop on a peninsula in Charleston. They had no way to escape.
The admiral that helped trap General Lord Cornwallis at the Siege of Yorktown was Comte (or admiral) de Grasse.
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Yorktown
The French and the Americans
Cornwallis and his forces were on a peninsula at Yorktown.
The most important thing George Washington had to do at Yorktown was successfully coordinate a joint assault with French forces to trap British General Cornwallis. This resulted in the decisive American victory at the Battle of Yorktown, which ultimately led to the surrender of Cornwallis and effectively ended the American Revolutionary War.
Cornwallis decided to take his troops north and camp at Yorktown because Cornwallis was quite tired of marching. Washington's army and himself were only hundreds of miles north. Washington thought of a plan to trap the British. His plan was to bring his army south to join Greene. So the American and French Soldiers could surround Yorktown by land. If the French navy sailed into Chesapeake Bay, French Ships could also trap the British. Finally the British Army was trapped.
Cornwallis decided to take his troops north and camp at Yorktown because Cornwallis was quite tired of marching. Washington's army and himself were only hundreds of miles north. Washington thought of a plan to trap the British. His plan was to bring his army south to join Greene. So the American and French Soldiers could surround Yorktown by land. If the French navy sailed into Chesapeake Bay, French Ships could also trap the British. Finally the British Army was trapped.