"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:38:45 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"

wrote:

The French did not win Yorktown, Alan.

That was Green and his 300 iron cannon.

Without that, Washington surrenders at Yorktown, to half the English
fleet.

Without the French fleet in The Battle of the Capes there wouldn't have
been
any Battle of Yorktown.

Why would you think that?

It was to save his fleet that the English commander surrendered at Yorktown.
The French fleet in the America's was effectively disabled at the second
Battle of the Capes.

Can you imagine how you would apologise to the Queen, if half her ships of
War were turned to splinters, by General Washington?