The+War+is+Won

= __Victory at York Town__ !! : Both armies needed one more victory to be able to win. George Washington made plans to attack the british at york town, rather then new york city. The patriots hoped for help from the french. In july 1780 french warships appeared in the waters of newport, Rhod Island. They carried more than 5,000 troops. Under the command of french general, The Comte de Rochambeau. The patriots french aid arrived as promised. Unfortunatly the British arrived soon afterward and trapped the french ships. In = = 1780 Gerorge Washington camped north of New York City to keep eye on general Clintons army. = = = = = =Cornwallis's Defeat...= =on october 9, the Americans and the French began a bombardment. a Hessian soldier that went through the bombardment said:= ="one saw men lying nearly everywhere who were morally wounded and whose heads, arms, and legs had been shot off.... likewise on watch and on post in the lines, on trench and work details, they were wounded by the fearfully heavy fire."= =British supply ran seriously low,and that is how Cornwallis was defeated.=



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