TY - BOOK AU - Greene,Jerome A. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The guns of independence: the siege of Yorktown, 1781 AV - E241.Y6 G74 2005eb U1 - 973.3/37 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York, Staplehurst, U.K. PB - Savas Beatie, Spellmount KW - Yorktown (Va.) KW - History KW - Siege, 1781 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The campaign of the allies -- The lion comes to Yorktown -- The British positions -- Washington takes command -- Investment -- The noose tightens -- The lion at bay -- On the verge -- The guns of October -- The earth trembles -- Night of heroes -- Hopes bright and dim -- Britain against the sky -- Broken sword -- Endings, beginnings -- Postscript : thereafter -- Appendix 1. Modern photographic gallery -- Appendix 2. The Washington and Cornwallis correspondence -- Appendix 3. The Articles of Capitulation, October 19, 1781 -- Appendix 4. The archaeology of the French Grand Battery complex -- Appendix 5. The artillery at Yorktown; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10498867 ER -