Battle+of+Yorktown

The very last battle in the American Revolution was the Battle of Yorktown. It was the battle when Great Britain finally surrendered. The man who commanded the patriots was General washington, the French leader was Lieutenant General de Rochambeau, and the leader of Great Britain was Major General Lord Cornwallis. http://britishbattles.com/battle-yorktown.htm The British wore red coats, the patriots wore blue coats, and the French wore white coats. The Hessians also wore red coats
 * Size of the armies:** 8,800 Americans, 7,800 French and 6,000 British

In the late summer of 1781 when George Washington and Rochambeau heard of Lord Cornwallis’s encampment in Yorktown, they raced southward from New York to link up with the French fleet under de Grasse in Chesapeake Bay. Washington arrived just in time to bottle-up the British, who were anticipating reinforcements that never came from either General Clinton or the British fleet. The winner of the battle of Yorktown and revolutionary war was the french and americans-DUH!

The morning following the battle a formal surrender ceremony took place. But during the battle, some british raiding parties were commanded by Benedict Arnold.