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On this day in 1781, a British naval squadron sailing to relieve the King's forces at Yorktown is intercepted and defeated in Chesapeake Bay by French warships. The battle sets the stage for Cornwallis' surrender to Washington and the de facto end of the Revolutionary War.

On this day in 1781, a British naval squadron sailing to relieve the King's forces at Yorktown is intercepted and defeated in Chesapeake Bay by French warships. The battle sets the stage for Cornwallis' surrender to Washington and the de facto end of the Revolutionary War.