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sudden tropical storm disrupted an effort to move his army northward across the 
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him in time, hatched a plan to try to escape across the York River. Bad weather, 
however, disabled his transport boats and Cornwallis was finally forced to 
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he expected to .... That night, he attempted to escape across the York River by 
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his headquarters at New York City, he left Lieutenant General Lord Charles ... 
from the battlefield, but not before inflicting significant casualties on the British. ... 
for not only Yorktown, but also at Gloucester Point, directly across the York River. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about AMERICAN REVOLUTION- - StudyStack [PAR] 3 DAYS BEFORE HIS SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN, A STORM PREVENTED 
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he should effect his passage across James river, before the ... de Grasse at the 
Mouth of York river to prevent the escape of the British fleet from thence. ... I 
believe) of the British Army was taken prisoner by two or three York... [DOC] [TLE] Triumph At Yorktown | American History Lives at American Heritage [PAR] In North Carolina Nathanael Greene was running for his life before the ... At the 
same time, Arnold, now a British brigadier general, landed in Virginia and ... 
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the coast. ..... was sent across the York River to block any escape via Gloucester 
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failed but hardly so ignominiously as he had the year before in New York. ... up 
the Delaware River, in August Howe put most of

Question: 3 days before his surrender at Yorktown, a storm prevented this British general's escape across the York River
Answer: Cornwallis