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RG-C.781.124
19-22 Dec 1781:13, 21 (1/85)
New-York, November 24, 1781. York-Town, in Virginia,
October 20th, 1781.
Sir, I have the mortification to inform your Excellency that
I have been forced to give up the posts of York and
Gloucester, and to surrender the troops under my command, by
capitulation, on the nineteenth instant as prisoners of war,
to the combined forces of America and France.
. . . [13 paragraphs follow describing the battle.]
Return of the killed, wounded and missing of the British
Army, from the 28th of September, to the 19th October, 1781.
Light Infantry. . . 2 Serjeants, 1 Drummer, . . . wounded, .
. .
23d Regiment. . . 3 Serjeants, 2 Drummers, . . . wounded, .
. .
43d Regiment. . . 1 Serjeant, 1 Drummer, . . . wounded, . .
.
71st Regiment. . . 3 Drummers, . . . wounded, . . .
76th Regiment. 1 Drummer, . . . killed, . . .
Prince Hereditaire, 2 Serjeants, 2 Drummers, . . . killed
Regiment de Bose. 4 Serjeants, 3 Drummers, . . . wounded, .
. .
Total-- . . . 13 Serjeants, 4 Drummers, . . killed . . . 24
Serjeants, 11 Drummers, . . . wounded, . . . [signed]
Cornwallis
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