Yorktown 1781

by Morrissey, Brendan; Hook, Adam

• ISBN13: 9781855326880
• ISBN10: 1855326884
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Osprey Pub Co

Summary

By 1781 Britain's struggle to contain the rebels in her American colonies had reached an inglorious stalemate. Six years on from the British defeat by the New England militia at Boston, George Washington's rebuilt Continental Army - with support from the French - now systematically began to seek out and destroy British forces even if protected by seemingly impregnable defences. Yorktown would be a salutary lesson to the British Crown about the odds she now faced in holding on to her colonies.

Author Biography

Brendan Morrissey trained as a lawyer before working as a PR consultant and writer in the defence industry, principally with British Aerospace. He has a long-standing interest in military affairs and Anglo–American relations. Brendan has written several titles on this subject for Osprey, including Campaign 67 Saratoga 1777, and Campaign 37 Boston 1775. He is married and lives in Surrey, UK.

Table of Contents

The Road to Yorktown

The Seat of War

The Opposing Commanders

The Opposing Armies

The Campaign in Virginia 1781 Naval Operations, March-October 1781

The Seige of Yorktown Aftermath

The Battlefields Today Chronology

A Guide to Further

Reading Wargaming the Yorktown Campaign

Index

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