The surrender was to George Washington but Cornwallis did not attend claiming he was ill.
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Lord Cornwallis surrendered British forces on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, VA
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis and his British and Hessian force.
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.
Between 7,416–7,685 members of the British forces were captured. The count was not exact.
The American Revolutionary War was ended when British troops in Yorktown surrendered to American forces. The British were also blockaded by the French war fleet. The Peace treaty of Paris officially ended the war as Great Britain recognized the new American nation.
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The General Lord Charles Cornwallis.
Lord Cornwallis surrendered British forces on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, VA
British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
He was a British Army's General and the Commander of the British forces at the battle of Yorktown.
We need more information- such as the time period or the war in question- in order to be able to give you a good answer. In the American Revolution, the surrender of British forces came at Yorktown VA. Other wars, other places.
British commander Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown to French and American forces. He was considered a coward because he sent one of his men to bring his sword to the victors.
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis and his British and Hessian force.
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.
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.
During the American Revolution, the most important surrender by British troops took place in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. There, with the help of French troops and naval forces, it was General George Washington who received the surrender of a British force, led by Lord Cornwallis, that had been surrounded, blockaded, and then finally defeated.
Lord Cornwallis was one of the top British generals in the Revolutionary War. He was successful in several battles, but is best remembered for his surrender to colonial forces at Yorktown in 1781, effectively ending the war.