Lafayette was with Washington during the winter at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. So any battle from the Crossing of the Delaware on, is a possibility.
Lafayette had Lord Cornwallis' troops pinned down at Yorktown, Virginia. He waited for Washington to come there for political reasons before his army attacked the village.
Marquis De Lafayette helped Washington's army financially, and finally convinced The king of France to help the Colonists (I did a S.S. assignment and had to dress up and learn about him.
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington had a combined American and French army in Yorktown.A French General, the Marquis de Lafayette, commanded a combined assortment of American regulars and militia in Virginia. Although Lafayette was a frenchman, it should be noted that he held his commission fron the Continental Congress as a Major General in the Continental Army. As part of the alliance signed between France and the united States, the French had sent an army of 8,ooo men to America, under General Rochombeau (Sp?) with orders to place himself under Washingtons command. These forces, along with a substantial naval fleet under Admiral De Grasse were vital to winning the battle of Yorktown.
General Gilbert du Motier Marquis of Lafayette.
The British, Americans and french fought in this battle.
Lafayette received a gunshot wound to the leg at the Battle of Brandywine Creek.
Marquis De Lafayette helped Washington's army financially, and finally convinced The king of France to help the Colonists (I did a S.S. assignment and had to dress up and learn about him.
Battle of Yorktown
Marquis de Lafayette
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette was the French general who served under George Washington in the Revolutionary War. He fought in the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of Rhode Island, and the Battle of Yorktown.
"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country."
Marquis De Lafayette
General George Washington had a combined American and French army in Yorktown.A French General, the Marquis de Lafayette, commanded a combined assortment of American regulars and militia in Virginia. Although Lafayette was a frenchman, it should be noted that he held his commission fron the Continental Congress as a Major General in the Continental Army. As part of the alliance signed between France and the united States, the French had sent an army of 8,ooo men to America, under General Rochombeau (Sp?) with orders to place himself under Washingtons command. These forces, along with a substantial naval fleet under Admiral De Grasse were vital to winning the battle of Yorktown.
General Gilbert du Motier Marquis of Lafayette.
The British, Americans and french fought in this battle.
Gilbert du Motier , marquis de Lafayette was at the siege of Yorktown .
He fought the British in America, fighting the battles of Brandywine, Gloucester, Barren Hill, Monmouth and Newport, Rhode Island; and after a brief return to France, the battle of Green Spring and the battle and siege of Yorktown.