Dunkirk
The french provided soldiers so the Continental army outnumbered the British. The French's ships also blocked the ports so the British couldn't escape, receive food or help from Britian, or send word to Britain.
The french provided soldiers so the Continental army outnumbered the British. The French's ships also blocked the ports so the British couldn't escape, receive food or help from Britian, or send word to Britain.
{| |- | Yorktown is in Virginia. There is a large peninsula along the river. The British Army was caught here when the French Navy prevented to British from being able to get on the British ships and escape. |}
The french provided soldiers so the Continental army outnumbered the British. The French's ships also blocked the ports so the British couldn't escape, receive food or help from Britian, or send word to Britain.
The American forces managed to corner the British Army on a peninsula. The French Navy prevented the British Navy from being able to rescue them. The results was the surrender of the British.
The British army defeated the French. They didn't just play a role, they did it themselves.
The French Army helped the American Army fight the British Army
They were battling the British and the French already didn't like the British.
The French Navy has rarely played an important role in world affairs, but the presence of the French fleet was enough to prevent British reinforcements from arriving at Yorktown. Because they were cut off, the British Army was forced to surrender to George Washington, allowing the American colonies to claim their independence from Britain.
The Battle of Yorktown was the big defeat. The American forces and managed to corner the British Army on a peninsula. The French Navy prevented the British Navy from being able to rescue them. The results was the surrender of the British.
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.