NOM | act | Batalla de Yorktown | in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops |
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Sentit | In 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution. | |
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Espècimen de | assetjament, setge | The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |
Regió de | Virginia, Virgínia | A state in the eastern United States |
Anglès | Yorktown, siege of Yorktown |
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