Siege of Yorktown

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battle of the American Revolutionary War military conflict siege

The Siege of Yorktown was the decisive 1781 American Revolutionary War battle in which combined American and French forces forced the surrender of a major British army, effectively securing American independence.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Yorktown canonical 43
Yorktown campaign 10
Battle of Yorktown 9

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Yorktown

Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Surrender at Yorktown
approximateStrengthAllied about 17,000 troops ⓘ
approximateStrengthBritish about 8,000 troops ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
casusBelli British campaign to pacify the southern colonies ⓘ
commander Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ
George Washington ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ
commemoratedBy Colonial National Historical Park ⓘ
Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown Battlefield

Yorktown Victory Monument ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1781-10-19 ⓘ
followedBy British decision to cease offensive operations in America ⓘ
hasParticipant British Army ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
French Navy ⓘ
Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ
hasTheme Franco-American military cooperation ⓘ
decisive use of naval superiority ⓘ
location Yorktown ⓘ
surface form: Yorktown, Virginia
notableEvent storming of Redoubt 10 ⓘ
storming of Redoubt 9 ⓘ
notableUnit French Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment ⓘ
Hamilton’s light infantry battalion ⓘ
Lafayette’s division ⓘ
partOf Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Chesapeake ⓘ
result decisive Franco-American victory ⓘ
surrender of British army under Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
significance effectively ended major combat operations in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
prompted negotiations leading to the Treaty of Paris (1783) ⓘ
secured de facto American independence ⓘ
startDate 1781-09-28 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture or destroy Cornwallis’s army ⓘ
surrenderDate 1781-10-19 ⓘ
surrenderedForce British Army under Cornwallis ⓘ
tactic siege warfare ⓘ
trench parallels and artillery bombardment ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Continental Army → significantEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
American Revolutionary War → hasPart → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Yorktown
American Revolutionary War → hasPart → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
American Revolutionary War → significantEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surrender at Yorktown
Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War → significantEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Henry Knox → battle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
French Army → significantBattle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Yorktown
Hessian troops → notableEngagement → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Continental Artillery → engagement → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Marquis de Lafayette → battle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
USS Yorktown (CV-5) → namedAfter → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis → surrenderEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Siege of Yorktown → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Yorktown
Siege of Yorktown → alsoKnownAs → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Surrender at Yorktown
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau → participatedIn → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Patriots → significantEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Yorktown
Yorktown → knownFor → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Yorktown → significantEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Yorktown (1781)
Battle of Guilford Court House → followedBy → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
CV-5 → namedAfter → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Yorktown (CV-5)
this entity surface form: Battle of Yorktown
1st Marquess Cornwallis → battle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
Battle of Eutaw Springs → relatedEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Battle of the Chesapeake → supportedOperation → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Battle of the Chesapeake → campaign → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorktown campaign
Yorktown, New York → namedAfter → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Yorktown Victory Monument → commemorates → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
French Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment → notableBattle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
French Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment → campaign → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorktown campaign
storming of Redoubt 9 → partOf → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9
storming of Redoubt 9 → partOf → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9
this entity surface form: Yorktown campaign
storming of Redoubt 9 → relatedEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9
this entity surface form: British surrender at Yorktown
storming of Redoubt 9 → campaign → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Storming of Redoubt 9
this entity surface form: Yorktown campaign
Lafayette’s division → participatedIn → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Lafayette’s division → campaign → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorktown campaign
Hamilton’s light infantry battalion → notableEngagement → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Lafayette → participatedIn → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
British Army under Cornwallis → notableBattle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
British Army under Cornwallis → campaign → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorktown campaign
Colonial National Historical Park → topic → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Battle of Groton Heights → precededBy → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Yorktown (campaign context, diversionary raid before siege)
François Joseph Paul de Grasse → notableWork → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
François Joseph Paul de Grasse → playedRoleIn → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: British surrender at Yorktown
Henry Dearborn → participatedIn → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yorktown campaign
Maryland and New Jersey Continental brigades → notableEngagement → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Donatien → notableBattle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
British Army in North America → engagedInBattle → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
Earl Cornwallis → notableEvent → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Surrender at Yorktown
Earl Cornwallis → knownFor → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
this entity surface form: Surrender at Yorktown in 1781
USS Yorktown (CV-10) → namedAfter → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Yorktown
Benjamin Lincoln → participantIn → Siege of Yorktown ⓘ