GIA2630250 The Plan of Attack at Yorktown and Gloucester by French School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, Surrender at Yorktown or German Battle, ending on October 19, 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.); 穢 Giancarlo Costa.