1781年爆发的约克镇战役是美国独立战争中的决定性战役。在这场战争中,乔治·华盛顿将军率领的美军和罗尚博伯爵带领的法军联手对付由查尔斯·康沃利斯将军指挥的英军,最终8000多英军向美军投降,在康沃利斯的军队投降之后,英国政府决定停战谈判。1780年8月19日,华盛顿和罗尚博率领3000美国士兵和4000法国士兵从罗得岛出发,对在约克镇 The battle of Yorktown erupted in 1781 was the decisive battle in the American Revolutionary War. During the war, the French troops led by General George Washington and Count Rosschau joined hands to deal with the British troops led by General Charles Cornwallis, and eventually more than 8,000 British troops surrendered to the U.S. troops. At Cornwallis After the army surrendered, the British government decided to armistice negotiations. On August 19, 1780, Washington and Roxhaboro led 3,000 U.S. soldiers and 4,000 French soldiers from Rhode Island, to the town of York