The Expédition Particulière That Helped Win Yorktown Most readers doubtless know that the French helped, not only at sea, by helping to keep the English from landing reinforcements, but by land, with the force under le Compte de Rochambeau combining with Washington and Lafayette’s forces to besiege Cornwallis at Yorktown. Cornwallis’ surrender sapped the will […]
Published on July 01, 2017 23:29