Battle of Yorktown (1781)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Yorktown_(1781)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:French_Navy
gptkbp:casualtiesAmericanFrench ~389
gptkbp:casualtiesBritish ~552 killed and wounded, 7,018 surrendered
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:France
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:commander gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Comte_de_Rochambeau
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkbp:endDate 1781-10-19
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Treaty_of_Paris_(1783)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Yorktown (1781)
gptkbp:location gptkb:Yorktown,_Virginia
gptkbp:navalBlockadeBy gptkb:French_fleet_under_Admiral_de_Grasse
gptkbp:notableEvent British Army surrendered
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Siege_of_Charleston
gptkbp:result Decisive Franco-American victory
gptkbp:siege Yes
gptkbp:significance Led to British negotiations to end the war
Last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:startDate 1781-09-28
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yorktown
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5