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Historicalouttakes. wordpress. com The battle of saratoga The battle of Saratoga happened four years before yorktown. Since the british had lost almost all of it’s troops and won the battle, they decided to pull out and move on. John burgoyne led saratoga for the british, the Americans were led by Benedict Arnold and Horatio gates, they eliminated lots of british and hessian forces. It was also when the Americans got help from the french.

Background- wikimedia commons Main Characters George Washington Comte De Rochambeau Comte De Grasse Wikipedia. org Biography. com Wikipedia. org

Main points On september 28, Washington had completely encircled Cornwallis and Yorktown. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington on october 17, 1781. Cornwallis did not attend the formal surrender ceremony , held on october 19. instead his second in command, general charles o’harra, carried cornwallis’ sword to the American and french commanders. Background-washington times History. com

Wikimedia. org Details Army size was 8, 800 americans, 7, 800 French and 6, 000 british The french naval fleet blocked the british and hesshian army by water while the patriots blocked them by land making the british have no place to go. 72 men died in battle, 180 men were wounded

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edu. lva. virginia. gov Outcome The combined forces of the continental army and the french army defeated the british army on September 28, 1881. 309 men were killed, 326 were wounded in battle on Britain's army

wikimedia. com How did this battle affect the future This battle affected the future by the americans winning the battle. The treaty of paris ended the revolutionary war. It was signed in paris and gave america its freedom to do what it wants

123 RF. com How does it affect us today? The yorktown siege affects us today because without this battle we may have not won the war.