Book: The Battle Of Yorktown Chosen by the British for its strategic naval position, Yorktown, Virginia, was the site of the last large-scale battle of the American Revolution. Yorktown was an important victory for the Continental army and its allies, the French. After the French navy formed a blockade in Chesapeake Bay, the Americans and the French fought the British hand to hand. Overpowered, outnumbered, and cut off from supplies, the British surrendered.
Details of Book: The Battle Of Yorktown Book: The Battle Of Yorktown
Author: Wendy Vierow
ISBN: 0823963314
ISBN-13: 9780823963317
, 978-0823963317
Binding: Library Binding
Publishing Date: Aug 2003
Publisher: Powerkids Press
Number of Pages: 24
Language: English