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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: AK2004 who wrote (11104)	2/20/2003 5:47:46 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25898

How many french troops actually landed and put themselves in a harms way to assist in war for independence ? Pick a number. Some sources say the French had 14,000 troops at Yorktown. Others say the French LOST 14,000 men there. And others say the largest battle in the war had only 14,000 troops total on the American side. Some other numbers: 1781 - Yorktown Yorktown, on the York River of Virginia, was held by Lord Cornwallis with 7,500 men. On the opposite bank, his troops also held Gloucester. Washington, with 8,845 American troops, and Rochambeau, with 7,800 French, established siege lines around the fortified town on October 6. The Allied heavy siege guns caused great damage. On October 14 British advanced redoubts were stormed, and the Allied guns were moved closer. With the French navy blockading Yorktown, Cornwallis had no hope of reinforcement, and he surrendered the city and his army. Casualties: British, 156 killed, 326 wounded; American, 20 killed, 56 wounded; French, 52 killed, 134 wounded. The battle ended the fighting in America. lightinfantry.org.uk The French, of course, weren't in this because of their love of liberty. They were ALREADY at war with Britain (again) and saw supporting the colonials as a good way of sticking it to the British. Brilliant move on their part. The French peasants, having seen that Americans had gotten rid of their King, decided they could do without theirs, too.