the American forces. They still did win though because they had the help from the french who had ships
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Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
See website: Battle of Midway The Enterprise, Hornet, Yorktown and Lexington.
Two: Fleet Carrier USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Hammen
British seized American ships such as Chesapeake and took supplies and sailors.
chepork force
the chesapeake bay had no ships because they rotted. they rotted not only because people took fecees but because they didnt put enough workk and the water caused it to become soggy the hardest force called the chepork force.
During the battle of Yorktown, De Grasse brought ships from the Carribean and blocked the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, blocking the British supply ships.
The French fleet arrived off Yorktown and chased off the British ships.
they surrounded yorktown and began hitting the town with cannon fire
A french fleet of 24 ships in Chesapeake Bay was able to seal off the waters to the east.
Hero Ships - 2008 USS Yorktown 1-13 was released on: USA: 8 June 2008
General Cornwallis had set up his base at Yorktown, on the inner shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Well he had expected that his troops could be reinforced from New York by ship but the British had no way in.
Washington was not experienced in bombard-type battles and invasions (siege warfare). He instead went to General Rochambeau of the French Army for advice, and Rochambeau suggested that Yorktown was the better option as it was next to water (The Chesapeake Bay/ Atlantic). This was better as French ships could surround Yorktown and the land forces along with artillery could bombard the city by using fortified trenches. This was a more strategic option rather than attacking a fully armed and fortified New York City where General Clinton's forces took command. This option instead of attacking Yorktown would be disastrous and therefore cause the remaining American forces along with French forces to sustain many casualties.
The French fleet under Admiral DeGrasse (François-Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse) kept the British fleet from reinforcing or evacuating Cornwallis's forces at Yorktown. His ships defeated the British Admiral Thomas Graves in the Battle of the Chesapeake.
Blockade
boats/ships and the watershed