French naval reinforcements then arrive from Newport. September 6 - Troops under Benedict Arnold loot and burn the port of New London, Connecticut. September 8 - Battle of Eutaw Springs. September 28 - Washington, with a combined Allied army of 17,000 men, begins the siege of Yorktown. French cannons bombard Cornwallis and his 9000 men day and night while the Allied lines slowly advance and encircle them.
British supplies run dangerously low.
October 17 - As Yorktown is about to be taken, the British send out a flag of truce. Washington and Cornwallis then work out terms of surrender October 19 - The Brithish surrender at Yorktown. Hopes for a British victory in the war against America are dashed. 1782 January 5 - The British withdraw from North Carolina. February 27 - The British House of Commons votes against further war in America.