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August 14, 1781: When French General Rochambeau informed Gen. George Washington that the French were sending a fleet of twenty-four ships to the Chesapeake Bay, Washington immediately made the historic decision to seek a decisive victory over the British military at Yorktown, #Virginia. https://armyhistory.org/the-yorktown-campaign-october-1781/
