[DOC] [TLE] Siege of Yorktown - Wikipedia [PAR] The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at 
Yorktown, .... The British, not wanting to engage in a major battle, withdrew to 
Petersburg on May ... of an army of 7,800 Frenchmen, 3,100 militia, and 8,000 
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promised good... [DOC] [TLE] American Revolutionary War - Wikipedia [PAR] The American Revolutionary War (17751783), also known as the American War 
of ... Meanwhile, the British were mustering forces to suppress the revolt. ... a 
siege at Yorktown and captured more than 8,000 British troops in October. ..... 
army in the war's largest battle, taking over 1,000 prisoners and driving them 
back to... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Culloden - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745 
and part of a religious civil war in Britain. On 16 April 1746, the Jacobite forces of 
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integrate the comparatively wild Highlands into the Kingdom of Great Britain; civil
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General Washington, on horseback, leads his troops into the Battle of Princeton. 
... were killed in action, 6,100 wounded, and upwards of 20,000 were taken 
prisoner. ... result of disease, including about 8,00012,000 who died while 
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Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British 
soldiers ... Civil War. 1864. Battle of Cedar Creek. Union General Philip Sheridan 
averts a ... of oil to Italy and closing the Suez Canal, were not taken, out of fear of 
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decide the war. ... Six German divisions quickly fall apart and 13,000 prisoners 
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Question: About 8,000 British prisoners were taken in this last major battle of the war
Answer: Yorktown