A Brief History of the Battle of Yorktown

On september eighth, they surprised the british field army camped at utah springs, about 30 miles northwest of charleston. The surprised british were quickly pushed back in confusion. But now that he knew green's army was in the area, there was nothing for lord rodun to do but pull his forces back into charleston and wait for further orders. He would still be waiting for those orders, got the letter that the war was over. Back up in virginia, the combined french and american armies, now numbering about 16 thousand, made the final advance on yorktown on september 20. Eighth cornwallis initially had both an