Reddition de l'Armeé Angloises Commandeé par Mylord Comte de Cornwallis aux Armees Combineés des Etats unis de l'Amerique et de France aux ordres des Generaux Washington et de Rochambeau a Yorck touwn et Glocester dans la Virginie, le 19 Octobre 1781. Il
View showing British and Hessian forces under the command of General Cornwallis surrendering to the combined French and American forces at Yorktown, Virginia, on October 19th 1781. Numerous French naval vessels in the Chesapeake Bay can be seen on the right-hand side from foreground to background. In the left-hand and center foreground there are numerous French and American officers (including what appears to be George Washington) as well as wives of officers. British soldiers can be seen departing from a fictionalized depiction of Yorktown in the background while the French and American armies stand in formation next to bundles of confiscated British guns.; Table of reference: "A. Yorck Touwn -- B. Glocester -- C. Armeés Angloise sortant de la place -- D. Les Armes des ennemis posée en Faisceaux -- E. Armeé Francoise -- F. Armeé Ameriquaine -- G. Armeé naval de France aux Ordres du Comte de Grace -- H. Baye de Chesapeack -- I. Riviere d'Yorck."
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