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...hat Cornwallis had taken defensive position in Yorktown. Cornwallis’ 7,000 troops were tired and needed supplies. And then he went to the British Royal Navy in Yorktown. August 14 1781, Washington received news that French Admiral de Grasse had stationed in the West Indies and. Washington quickly abandoned the New York campaign and set forth to Yorktown in hopes to trap Cornwallis at the side of the French. The Siege of Yorktown By Matthew Handing Washington marched to New York City with his force of 9,000 men. They had stationed about 2,500 men at the American forts near the city under Major General William Heath to fool the British. Admiral de Grasse’s ships sailed his fleet of 28 ships north to Virginia. On August, 21, 1781, Washington began moving his army south. De Grasse’s ships a...