British Army under Cornwallis

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The British Army under Cornwallis was the main British force in North America during the later stages of the American Revolutionary War, ultimately defeated by combined American and French troops at Yorktown in 1781.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British field army ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
approximateStrength about 7,000–8,000 troops at Yorktown ⓘ
campaign Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Yorktown campaign ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Yorktown
commander Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: Charles Cornwallis
composition British regular infantry ⓘ
Hessian auxiliary troops ⓘ
linked to: Hessian troops

Loyalist provincial units ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfDefeat 19 October 1781 ⓘ
defeatedBy Continental Army under George Washington ⓘ
linked to: Continental Army

French Army under Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ
French Navy under François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ
garrisonOrBase Yorktown, Virginia (1781) ⓘ
linked to: Yorktown
historicalSignificance its surrender at Yorktown effectively ended major combat operations in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
notableBattle Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Camden ⓘ
Battle of Eutaw Springs ⓘ
Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ
Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill ⓘ
opposedBy Continental Army ⓘ
French expeditionary forces ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
placeOfDefeat Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Yorktown
resultOfDefeat decisive British loss in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
role main British field force in North America in the later stages of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
strategicObjective to secure and pacify the Southern colonies for Britain ⓘ
surrenderedTo George Washington ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ
surrenderEvent British surrender at Yorktown ⓘ
theater North American theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
yearActive 1780 ⓘ
1781 ⓘ

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Siege of Yorktown → surrenderedForce → British Army under Cornwallis ⓘ
Earl of Loudoun → associatedWith → British Army (through John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun) ⓘ
linked to: British Army under Cornwallis
Virginia campaign → opponent → British forces under Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
linked to: British Army under Cornwallis
George Washington → acceptedSurrenderOf → British Army at Yorktown ⓘ
subject linked to: Continental Army generals
linked to: British Army under Cornwallis