Siege Of Yorktown

The Battle of Yorktown in 1781 was a very important and decisive victory  for the Americans who combined the assault with the french army led by General George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau. They fought against  a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis. In 1780, 5,500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to assist their American allies, Washington and Rochambeau decided to ask de Grasse for help to stop the british from getting troops and supplies by sea.

The French and American armies got together  during the summer of 1781. When word of de Grasse's approval for help arrived, the American and French forces began moving south toward Virginia, De Grasse sailed from the West Indies and arrived at the Chesapeake Bay at the end of August, bringing additional troops and making a blockades at Yorktown. Cornwallis was surrounded and he sent sick men to the American lines trying to infect them and have a chance to escape, but it was in vain and he sent a soldier with a white flag indicating that Cornwallis was surrendering.

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Saratoga , was on September 19 to October 7, 1777. The fight decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American Revolutionary War  and are generally know for a turning point in the war. The battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground. Burgoyne purpose was to divide New England from the southern colonies and it was going out well in the beginning, won a small victory over General Horatio Gates and the Continental Army in the September 19 Battle of Freeman's Farm. What he has gained from that fight he lost it when he attacked the Americans in the October 7 Battle of Bemis Heights, the Americans captured some of the British defenses.

Burgoyne was forced to retreat by this, and his army was surrounded by the American army at Saratoga, forcing him to surrender on October 17.  When the news of Burgoyne's surrender went out it helped the Americans because the French joined in as their allies, the American army had now more supplies, guns and weapons and this helped them greatly.

Charles Cornwallis

Charles Cornwallis, born on December 31,1738 and died on October 5,1805. He was a British army officer and colonial administrator, he is best known for being a great leader in the American war of Independence. The war practically ended when he surrendered against an American and French militia attack at Yorktown.
He was born in a very wealthy family and had military interests since a young age, he was also known for " Earl Cornwallis".

Cornwallis is mostly remembered for his surrender at Yorktown, He is well know in the USA for this. He was Governor of India for a while and he died of a fever shortly after being appointed, died at Gauspur in Ghazipur.Cornwallis signed the Traety of Amiens, it stated that hostilities  between the French and the British would end during the French Revolutionary Wars. It was signed in the city of Amiens on 25 March 1802, by Joseph Bonaparte and the Marquess Cornwallis as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" . The Treaty only lasted ! year and it was the only period of peace in the French Revolutionary War

Battle Of Camden

The Battle Of Camden was a really important victory for the British in the Revolutionary War. On August 16, 1780, British forces under the command of General Charles Lord Cornwallis had defeated the American army of  General Horatio Gates about 10 km north of Camden strengthening the British hold on the Carolinas.

The fight was an embarrassing defeat for Gates,because Gates army was far more superior than the British, the patriots outnumbered the British, after this he never led an army again. He was a popular man and his political connections helped him avoid the courts and trials.

 Camden was a key point that had to be captured to control the Carolina s. On July 27, Gates moved into South Carolina, heading towards Camden, then camped with  about 1,000 men under the leadership of Rawdon Gates established a camp at Rugeley's Mill, north of Camden, then troops from north Carolina and Virginia came and joined him ,The weather was extremely hot, and some troops had been infectious diseases like dysentery. Although Gates had over 4,000 men in camp, only about 2000 of them were good enough for combat, in part because Gates further reduced their numbers by sending several hundred men in support of  Sumter and Marion.