Cornwallis was a British Commander that faught many battles in the American Revolution war. Without any succeed in winning the war while they were in the south, Cornwallis started to feel frustrated and in July 1781 he decided to move with his troops all the way up to the north. What Cornwallis did not knew was that they were moving right into a trap.
George Washington a Virginian commander in August of the same year took his troops towards where the British soldiers were settled exactly in the Peninsula . Washington ’s strategy consisted mainly on surrounding all the area where the Britsh were. In that way they would block every pathway, not letting the British troops any opportunity of retrieving.
American soldiers surrouned the British troops sending a Fleet that would prevent Cornwallis man to escape through the sea. French soldiers also contributed with a fleet and many more soldiers that doubled the in amount the Patriots. After the British army had ran out of ammunitions and had no more choice than surrend or die. Cornwallis declared he surrended and in October 19 1781 the Patriots officially had win the Revolutionary war
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