The day the American Army won the decisive battle for independence

British General, Lord Charles Cornwallis, surrendered to Yorktown, Virginia, after his army was surrounded by the forces of Geroge Washington and the French Navy.

General Cornwallis signed the surrender papers after nearly two weeks of siege.

He felt that further resistance would be a futile loss of the life of his troops. The general ordered his soldiers to march outside the city with dignity, with their flags unpaved to the point of defeat.

While British troops handed over their weapons, the general ordered the gang to play the English march with the title appropriate to that case, “Bota has been flooded.