Yorktown
Yorktown
the British commander who surrendered to George Washington?
General Cornwallis was the British commander that surrendered at Yorktown.
General Cornwallis
he was the British general of the British army, and surrendered at Yorktown.
Yorktown
General Cornwallis
At Yorktown. The British navy had been stalled by the French navy, and the British were trapped. After some fighting, Cornwallis, the British general, surrendered.
Fighting ended in 1781 when the commander of the British forces, Lord Cornwallis, surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, officially ending the Revolutionary War.
British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered on October 19, 1781. This took place at the end of the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia.
lord Cornwallis
Charles cornwallis