After years of war. One noteworthy battle to take into consideration is the clash of Yorktown. Where in a stroke of fortunes for the Patriots, the French armada instructed by Francois, Count de Grasse, withdrew St. Dominguez for the Chesapeake Bay, pretty much as Cornwallis picked Yorktown, at the mouth of the Chesapeake, as his base. Washington knew that the time had come to make a move. He requested Marquis de Lafayette and an American armed force of 5,000 troops to piece Cornwallis' break from Yorktown by land while the French naval armada hindered the British getaway via ocean. By September 28, Washington had totally surrounded Cornwallis and Yorktown with the joined powers of Continental and French troops. Following three weeks of relentless
