1779 – 1781
From the first clashes in 1779 to the final fighting in 1781, find the full chronology of this conflict below, with the forces engaged, commanders and consequences for France in each battle.
Era : Classical Era
The siege of Savannah is a failure for Franco-American forces attempting to retake the town from the British. Despite a coordinated attack, the assailants are repulsed with heavy losses.
On 5 September 1781 in Chesapeake Bay, Admiral de Grasse defeated Graves's British fleet, preventing Cornwallis from being relieved or evacuated by sea. This French naval victory, won two weeks before Yorktown, was essential to Franco-American encirclement success. De Grasse lost 220 men, Graves about 320.
From 28 September to 19 October 1781, the Siege of Yorktown in Virginia saw surrender of General Cornwallis's British army. Rochambeau's and Washington's Franco-American troops, supported by De Grasse's French fleet, encircled Cornwallis on the Yorktown peninsula. British capitulation ended the American War of Independence.
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Bande dessinée historique consacrée à la bataille de Verdun (1916), troisième tome de la collection « Les grandes batailles de l'histoire de France ».
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