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The were forced, or surrounded
He forced the british to surrender at Yorktown
George Washington
because they were surrounded even at the cheaseapeake bay
Yorktown, 1781
General cornwallis
General Cornwallis
British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces to George Washington in Yorktown in 1781. Yorktown is located in Virginia.
yorktown virginia
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.
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