Yorktown

(noun.) in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution.

(noun.) a historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last battle of the American Revolution.

伊莱录入

• General Cornwallis was caught in the Yorktown peninsula in Virginia in 1781, and capitulated with his army. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He served until the fall of Yorktown, or through the entire Revolutionary war. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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