The Continental Army prevented Cornwallis' escape by land. As a result General Cornwallis and his men surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781.
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Cornwallis Surrendered after the Continental army sided with the French and there was over 5,000 of them plus the Continental army.
L'Amiral De Grasse with the battle of Chesapeake Bay, blocked Lord Cornwallis and prevented him to receive any support by sea.
George washing and his troops trapped Cornwallis's troop on a peninsula in Charleston. They had no way to escape.
In short, Charles Cornwallis,the British commander was boxed in at Yorktown, a small peninsula. He could not escape by sea, because admiral De Grasse's fleet was blocking the harbor. The combined American and french marines were attacking by land. Eventually, Cornwallis could not absorb any more losses and surrendered.
Bananas infact. There was a great storm that had cuased destruction everywhere. One thing that was blown off the tress were bananas. There were so many that infact killed many soldiers. The wind of the storm had blown them dangerously and the speed that the bananas were coming at hit and injured many.
a. Admiral DeGrasse had intercepted and turned back the British relief fleet near the mouth of the Chesapeake, the last major naval defeat the British suffered in 160 years, and about half of Cornwallis' troops were unable to fight because of a malaria epidemic.
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he tried to escape by taking his soldiers across the york river in boats.
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