They escaped from the Brooklyn section of Long Island to Manhattan Island.
The Continental Army prevented Cornwallis' escape by land. As a result General Cornwallis and his men surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.
Cornwallis Surrendered after the Continental army sided with the French and there was over 5,000 of them plus the Continental army.
The Colonial army was officially called The Continental Army.
The confederacy never surrendered, General Lee the general of the army of Northern Virgina surrendered his portion of the army at Appomattox.
Lee surrendered his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Grant's Union Army of the Potomac.?
For the US in WWII, US Army General Wainwright surrendered his whole army in the Philippines in '42. For the British, they surrendered their whole army at Singapore.
No. He had surrendered his army, and told them to go home in an orderly fashion. He resisted appeals to continue the struggle with guerrilla campaigns in the hills.
the battle of Yorktown
The term "colonial army" is a noun. The plural form would be colonial armies.
he surrendered at Appomattox Virginia, USA
Their style of fighting was the advantage of the colonial army.
If you meant "head" instead of "had", george Washington led the colonial army.