On this day in 1781,
British Lt. Col. Thomas Dundas of the 80th Foot, leading 1,000 British troops, encounters French Brig. Gen. Marquis de Choisy, leading French troops and a battalion of the Virginia militia totaling 800 men. The action takes place across the York River from British-occupied Yorktown, which was under Patriot siege, at The Battle of in Gloucester.
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British Lt. Col. Thomas Dundas of the 80th Foot, leading 1,000 British troops, encounters French Brig. Gen. Marquis de Choisy, leading French troops and a battalion of the Virginia militia totaling 800 men. The action takes place across the York River from British-occupied Yorktown, which was under Patriot siege, at The Battle of in Gloucester.
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