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RGG.781.036
27 Dec 1781:41,42,43 (148)
[Articles of capitulation at Yorktown, 19 October, 1781.] .
. . Art. III. At twelve o'clock this day the two redoubts on
the left flank of York to be delivered, the one to a
detachment of American infantry, the other to a detachment
of French grenadiers. The garrison of York will march out
to a place to be appointed, in front of the posts, at two
o'clock precisely, with shouldered arms, colours cased, and
the drums beating a British or German march. . . [On the
Gloucester side] The garrison will march out at three
o'clock in the afternoon, the cavalry with their swords
drawn, trumpets sounding, and the infantry in the manner
prescribed for the garrison of York. . .
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