storming of Redoubt 9

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battle military assault

The storming of Redoubt 9 was a decisive nighttime assault by American and French forces during the Yorktown campaign that helped break British defenses and hasten the end of major combat in the American Revolutionary War.

Aliases (2)

Storming of Redoubt 9 ×40
Storming of Redoubt 10 ×1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military assault →
belligerent	Kingdom of France → Kingdom of Great Britain → United States →
campaign	Yorktown campaign →
combatantSide	Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War →
commander	Comte de Rochambeau → George Washington →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
continent	North America →
countryInvolved	France → Great Britain NERFINISHED → United States of America →
date	1781-10-14 →
followedBy	tightening of Allied siege lines around Yorktown →
forceType	American Continental Army → French Army →
historicalSignificance	contributed to end of major combat operations in the American Revolutionary War →
location	Yorktown, Virginia →
opposingCommander	Banastre Tarleton → Charles Cornwallis →
opposingForceType	British Army →
opposingSide	British side in the American Revolutionary War →
partOf	Siege of Yorktown → Yorktown campaign →
precededBy	artillery bombardment of British positions at Yorktown →
presentDayCountry	United States NERFINISHED →
relatedEvent	British surrender at Yorktown → Storming of Redoubt 10 →
result	American and French victory → capture of British defensive position Redoubt 9 →
strategicEffect	breach of British outer defenses at Yorktown → hastened British decision to negotiate surrender at Yorktown →
tacticalCharacteristic	bayonet assault → night attack →
tacticalObjective	seizure of British redoubt →
theater	North American theater of the American Revolutionary War →
timeOfDay	night →
year	1781 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Siege of Yorktown →	notableEvent
Storming of Redoubt 9 ("Storming of Redoubt 10") →	relatedEvent