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.
a french commander whose well-trained troops helped defeat Cornwallis at Yorktown?
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At the Battle of Yorktown
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis and his British and Hessian force.
He was a British army officer and colonial administrator who surrended his troops in the battle of Yorktown.
General George Cornwallis made the strategic battle in the battle of Yorktown.
The Battle of Yorktown. The Americans and the French bombarded the British defenses for several days in a siege. Cornwallis - a British officer - surrendered with his army of 7,000 men on October 19, 1781.
Yorktown, in 1781, in Virginia
At the Battle of Yorktown
General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis and his British and Hessian force.
battle of yorktown :)
Lord Cornwallis- British Count Rochambeau- French George Washington- America
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General Lord Cornwallis was the commander of the British Army at the Battle of Yorktown.
He was a British army officer and colonial administrator who surrended his troops in the battle of Yorktown.
The last battle, major one too, was at Yorktown, 1781 A combination of American & French troops surrounded the forces of British general Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced the British surrender. Yorktown was a peninsula and the French fleet prevented Cornwallis to escape, as the British fleet from New York was too late for a rescue operation.
The Battle of Yorktown. The Americans and the French bombarded the British defenses for several days in a siege. Cornwallis - a British officer - surrendered with his army of 7,000 men on October 19, 1781.
General George Cornwallis made the strategic battle in the battle of Yorktown.
Yes, he was the one that Cornwallis chased until he (Cornwallis) fled to Yorktown where he was trapped.