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RNYG.781.262
5 Dec 1781:22 (541)
Articles of Capitulation settled between his Excellency
General Washington, Commander in Chief of the combined
forces of America and France--His Excellency the Count de
Rocbambeau, Lieutenant- General of the armies of the King of
France, Great Cross of the Roiyal and Military Order of St.
Louis commanding the auxiliary troops of his most Christian
Majesty in America, and his Excellency the Count de Grasse,
Lieutenant-General of the naval skirmishes of his most
Christian Majesty, Commander of the Order of St. Louis,
commanding in Chief the naval army of France in the
Chesapeak, on the one part, and the Right Honourable Earl
Cornwallis, Lieutenant General of his Britannic Majesty's
forces, commanding the Garrisons of York and Gloucester, and
Thomas Symonds, Esq; commanding his Britannic Majesty's
naval forces in York River, in Virginia, on the other part.
. . . [Article I. and Article II.]
Article 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 drums
beating a British or German march, they are then to ground
their arms, and return to their encampment, where they will
remain until they are dispatched to the place of their
destination. Two works on the Gloucester file will be
delivered at one o'clock, to detachments of French and
American troops appointed to possess them. 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,
they are likewise to return to their encampment until they
can be finally marched off.---Granted.
. . . [There are eleven more articles, for a total of 14,
all signed 19th Oct. 178l in the trenches before York]
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