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Noun: siege of Yorktown
  1. In 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
    - Yorktown

Type of: beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege

Part of: American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, American War of Independence, War of American Independence

Encyclopedia: Siege of Yorktown