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T7 - 6.5A Alex McGhee, Maddie Ticer, Bethany Nahra (Battle at Yorktown)  ** THE BRUTAL BATTLE OF YORKTOWN FINALLY ENDS COME HEAR ALL ABOUT IT! **     The battle was in Yorktown, Virginia. The battle of Yorktown started in the year 1781. There were many general that led the three troops to battle. The Yorktown Battle happened because General Washington and General De Rochambeau got together to make planes to go against New York City. General Washington led American troops to the Battle of Yorktown.  The reason why the battle at Yorktown happened was because on May 22, 1781 General Washington and General De Rochambeau got together to make plans to move against New York City. This happened when the British arrived in Yorktown.  General Washington led the American Troops a fierce battle at Yorktown. There were four Generals during the battles. There were three different troops, the American, French, and British. There were over 3,000 troops for the Americans, French, and British. The Battle at Yorktown lasted three days.   The Battle of Yorktown was a rough battle. The Americans, British, and the French fought in Virginia. They fought from September 28th until October 19th 1781. This Battle was part of the American Revolution.  The Yorktown Battle lasted 22 days it ended when the British surrendered. They surrendered on October 19th General Cornwallis signed the surrender document and returned it. After a few hours the British were to march out with colors cased and drums playing a British or German march. “Cornwallis did not take part in this a ceremony, saying that he was ill. In reality, the British commander could not bear to surrender publicly to an army that he looked down on as ‘a contemptible and undisciplined rabble.’ While Cornwallis sulked in his tent, his men surrendered their arms. Many of them wept bitter tears.” The Americans got most of what they had wanted. The Americans had advantage because they were familiar with the local geography, the new the best places to fight. “Such a scene of sorrow and weeping I have never before witnessed… we were then about to part from the man who had conducted us through a long a bloody war, and under whose conduct the glory and independent of our country had been achieved,” By Benjamin Tallmadge, Memoir. General George Washington  appointed head intelligence operations for the Continentals to Benjamin Tallmadge. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Reported by: Alex McGee, Maddie Ticer, Bethany Nahra <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 18pt;">