Yorktown was on the water on one side, so the British army could not escape the large American/French army that was bombarding them. Rather than let his soldiers die, their commander, Cornwallis, elect to surrender. Cornwallis had pleaded for help from General Clinton's ships up in New York, but Clinton would not hurry for anybody, and so the ships made it to Yorktown a couple of days after Cornwallis had surrendered.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
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The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
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The victory at Yorktown occurred after the Great Bridge victory. The Battle of Great Bridge took place on December 9, 1775, while the Siege of Yorktown, which effectively ended major hostilities in the American Revolutionary War, took place from September 28 to October 19, 1781. Thus, Yorktown came several years later in the timeline of the war.
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The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
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The Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
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