On October 17, 1781, a British office waiving a white handkerchief approached the besieging forces at Yorktown to ask the French and Americans for terms of surrender.
Yorktown
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On October 17, 1781, a British office waiving a white handkerchief approached the besieging forces at Yorktown to ask the French and Americans for terms of surrender.