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American troops had managed to
force Cornwallis and his army to
fall back into Virginia's Yorktown
peninsula, near where the York River
empties into Chesapeake Bay. The
French army commanded by General
Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau, helped
Cowpens, South Carolina, on January Washington and his forces move
17, 1781. against Yorktown with around
14,000 soldiers and had the support
Cha pt er 5: T he End o f t he of 36 French warships off the shore
Revolutionary War. to prevent British reinforcements
and evacuation. Cornwallis army
In the fall of 1781, Greene's was quickly meet with surrender as
