The British had kept up a steady…

October 1781 CE

The British had kept up a steady fire to disrupt the allies as they began to put their artillery into place.

British fire had increases on the 2nd and the allies suffered moderate casualties.

General Washington has continued to make visits to the front, despite concern shown by several of his officers over the increasing enemy fire.

On the night of October 2, the British had opened a storm of fire to cover up the movement of the British cavalry to Gloucester, where they are to escort infantrymen on a foraging party.

On the 3rd, the foraging party, led by Banastre Tarleton, goes out but collides with Lauzun's Legion, and John Mercer's Virginia militia, led by the Marquis de Choissey.

The British cavalry quickly retreat back behind their defensive lines, losing fifty men.

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Yorktown York Virginia United States View →

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Banastre Tarleton View → Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis View → Claude Gabriel marquis de Choissey View → Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau View → François-Joseph Paul de Grasse View → George Washington View → Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette View → Henry Clinton View → Nathanael Greene View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Hessians View → British people View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Patriots (American Revolution) View → Loyalists (American Revolution) View → Americans View → United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA) View →

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American Revolution View → American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence View → American Revolutionary War, Southern theater of the View → Yorktown, Siege of View →

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