Yorktown 1781 - Trade Editions Author:Brendan Morrissey By 1781 Britain's struggle to contain the rebels in her American colonies had reached a inglorious stalemate. Six years on from the British defeat by the New England militia at Boston, George Washington's rebuilt Continental Army - with support from the French - now systematically began to seek out and destroy British forces even if protected b... more »y seemingly impregnable defences. Yorktown would be a salutary lesson to the British Crown about the odds she now faced in holding on to her colonies.« less