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.
Britain surrendered to the colonial army at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19, 1781. This decisive victory for the American forces, led by General George Washington, along with French support, effectively ended major military operations in the American Revolutionary War. The surrender marked a turning point that ultimately led to the negotiation of peace and the recognition of American independence.
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.
The Colonial army was officially called The Continental Army.
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
he surrendered at Appomattox Virginia, USA
The term "colonial army" is a noun. The plural form would be colonial armies.
No