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	dbpprop:abstract	"\u30E8\u30FC\u30AF\u30BF\u30A6\u30F3\u306E\u6226\u3044\uFF08Battle of Yorktown\uFF09\u306F\u30011781\u5E74\u306B\u8D77\u3053\u3063\u305F\u30A2\u30E1\u30EA\u30AB\u72EC\u7ACB\u6226\u4E89\u3092\u4E8B\u5B9F\u4E0A\u7D42\u7D50\u3055\u305B\u305F\u6C7A\u5B9A\u7684\u306A\u6226\u95D8\u3002 \u30D0\u30FC\u30B8\u30CB\u30A2\u690D\u6C11\u5730\u6771\u5CB8\u306E\u30A4\u30AE\u30EA\u30B9\u8ECD\u6700\u7D42\u62E0\u70B9\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305F\u30E8\u30FC\u30AF\u30BF\u30A6\u30F3\u306B\u3066\u3001\u7C73\u4ECF\u9023\u5408\u8ECD\u304C\u30C1\u30E3\u30FC\u30EB\u30BA\u30FB\u30B3\u30FC\u30F3\u30A6\u30A9\u30EA\u30B9\u7387\u3044\u308B\u30A4\u30AE\u30EA\u30B9\u8ECD\u7D047,000\u3092\u5305\u56F2\u3001\u964D\u4F0F\u3055\u305B\u305F\u3002\u3053\u306E\u6226\u3044\u306B\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3001\u30A2\u30E1\u30EA\u30AB\u72EC\u7ACB\u6226\u4E89\u306B\u304A\u3051\u308B\u690D\u6C11\u5730\u8ECD\u306E\u52DD\u5229\u306F\u78BA\u5B9A\u3057\u3001\u72EC\u7ACB\u6226\u4E89\u306F\u4E8B\u5B9F\u4E0A\u306E\u7D42\u7D50\u3092\u898B\u305F\u3002"@ja ,
		"The Siege of Yorktown or Battle of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis. It proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of Cornwallis\u2019s army (the second major surrender of the war, the other being Burgoyne's surrender at the Battle of Saratoga) prompted the British government to eventually negotiate an end to the conflict. In 1780, 5,500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to try to help their American allies in assaulting British-occupied New York City. The two armies met North of New York City in 1781. The French Commander, the Comte de Rochambeau, convinced the American Commander, George Washington, that an attack on New York City would be hard pressed to succeed and it would be easier for the French Fleet under the command of the Comte de Grasse to assist in the attack further south, because he was to bring the French Fleet into the Caribbean in October. Thus, they agreed to attack Lord Cornwallis and his smaller army of 9,000 men which was stationed in the port town of Yorktown, Virginia. In the beginning of September, de Grasse defeated at the Battle of the Chesapeake a British Fleet that had come to relieve Cornwallis. As a result of this victory, de Grasse blocked any escape by sea for Cornwallis. Washington had dispatched the French general Marquis de Lafayette to contain Cornwallis in Yorktown until he arrived, and Lafayette did so. By late September the Allies surrounded Cornwallis by land. After initial preparations, the Allies built their first parallel and began the bombardment. With the British defense weakened, Washington, on October 14, sent two columns to attack the last major remaining British defenses; redoubts #9 and #10. A French column took #9 and an American column #10. With these defenses gone, the allies were able to finish their 2nd parallel. With the Allied artillery closer and more intense than ever, the British situation began to deteriorate rapidly and Cornwallis asked for capitulation terms on the 17th. After two days of negotiation, the surrender ceremony took place on the 19th, with Cornwallis being absent since he claimed to be ill. With the capture of over 8,000 British soldiers, negotiations between the United States and Great Britain began, resulting in the Treaty of Paris in 1783."@en ,
		"Obl\u0119\u017Cenie Yorktown mia\u0142o miejsce od 28 wrze\u015Bnia do 17 pa\u017Adziernika 1781 podczas wojny o niepodleg\u0142o\u015B\u0107 Stan\u00F3w Zjednoczonych, w miasteczku Yorktown w stanie Wirginia. Zako\u0144czy\u0142o si\u0119 kapitulacj\u0105 armii brytyjskiej licz\u0105cej 7,5 tys. \u017Co\u0142nierzy, obleganej przez sojusznicze si\u0142y ameryka\u0144skie (8845 \u017Co\u0142nierzy) i francuskie (10,8 tys. \u017Co\u0142nierzy). By\u0142a to ostatnia bitwa wojny na terenie Stan\u00F3w Zjednoczonych. Na wiosn\u0119 1781, po \u017Cmudnej kampanii na po\u0142udniu Stan\u00F3w Zjednoczonych, armia brytyjska pod dow\u00F3dztwem Charlesa Cornwallisa okopa\u0142a si\u0119 w Yorktown w stanie Wirginia, nad zatok\u0105 Chesepeake, by tam oczekiwa\u0107 posi\u0142k\u00F3w kt\u00F3re mia\u0142y przyby\u0107 drog\u0105 morsk\u0105. Dow\u00F3dcy ameryka\u0144scy i francuscy postanowili zniszczy\u0107 j\u0105 przez po\u0142\u0105czon\u0105 operacj\u0119 francuskiej floty kt\u00F3ry mia\u0142a zablokowa\u0107 si\u0142y brytyjskie od strony morza, i sojuszniczej armii francusko-ameryka\u0144skiej kt\u00F3ra mia\u0142a oblec je od strony l\u0105du. Po otrzymaniu potwierdzenia \u017Ce silna flota francuska wyp\u0142yn\u0119\u0142a z francuskich wysp na Morzu Karaibskim i zmierza do Wirginii, George Washington wymaszerowa\u0142 na czele g\u0142\u00F3wnych si\u0142 21 sierpnia 1781 z okolic Nowego Jorku, gdzie blokowa\u0142 silny garnizon brytyjski, i zostawiaj\u0105c tylko ma\u0142e si\u0142y os\u0142onowe pomaszerowa\u0142 na po\u0142udnie. Flota francuska w sile 27 okr\u0119t\u00F3w liniowych przyby\u0142a do zatoki Chesapeake 29 sierpnia i rozpocz\u0119\u0142a blokad\u0119 Yorktown. 5 wrze\u015Bnia stoczy\u0142a zwyci\u0119sk\u0105 bitw\u0119 z flot\u0105 brytyjsk\u0105 kt\u00F3ra nie zdo\u0142a\u0142a przerwa\u0107 francuskiej blokady. W wyniku bitwy Francuzi zdobyli panowanie na morzu w okolicach zatoki Chesapeake, co przes\u0105dzi\u0142o wynik nadchodz\u0105cego obl\u0119\u017Cenia. 28 wrze\u015Bnia g\u0142\u00F3wne ameryka\u0144skie i francuskie wojska przyby\u0142y do Yorktown i rozpocz\u0119\u0142y regularne obl\u0119\u017Cenie. Si\u0142y sojusznicze by\u0142y dwukrotnie silniejsze od brytyjskich, i ponadto by\u0142y wspomagane przez ogie\u0144 dzia\u0142 okr\u0119t\u00F3w francuskich. Wobec ko\u0144cz\u0105cych si\u0119 zapas\u00F3w i braku perspektyw odsieczy, Cornwallis 17 pa\u017Adziernika podj\u0105\u0142 negocjacje o kapitulacj\u0119 swojej armii, kt\u00F3ra nast\u0105pi\u0142a 19 pa\u017Adziernika. 7 tys. \u017Co\u0142nierzy brytyjskich dosta\u0142o si\u0119 do niewoli. Bitwa przypiecz\u0119towa\u0142a brytyjsk\u0105 przegran\u0105 w wojnie. W wyniku kapitulacji Brytyjczycy stracili jedn\u0105 czwart\u0105 swoich si\u0142 w teatrze dzia\u0142a\u0144. W Wielkiej Brytanii nie by\u0142o woli politycznej aby wys\u0142a\u0107 do Ameryki nowe posi\u0142ki kt\u00F3re uzupe\u0142ni\u0142yby te straty. W parlamencie brytyjskim przewag\u0119 zdoby\u0142o ugrupowanie pokojowe. Armie brytyjskie mia\u0142y w swoich r\u0119kach tylko porty Nowy Jork, Charleston i Savannah. Do ko\u0144ca wojny nie podj\u0119\u0142y powa\u017Cniejszych pr\u00F3b wyj\u015Bcia z tych umocnionych pozycji. Wielka Brytania skoncentrowa\u0142a swoje wysi\u0142ki na wojnie morskiej przeciwko Francji, kt\u00F3ra trwa\u0142a do zawarcia pokoju w 1783."@pl ,
		"Als Schlacht von Yorktown, auch die deutsche Schlacht, wird der Sieg der franz\u00F6sischen-amerikanischen Truppen unter dem Befehl von Comte de Rochambeau und dem von George Washington gegen die britische Armee unter General Lord Charles Cornwallis bei Yorktown im amerikanischen Unabh\u00E4ngigkeitskrieg 1781 bezeichnet. In Folge der Schlacht erkannte Gro\u00DFbritannien die Unabh\u00E4ngigkeit der ehemals britischen Kolonien an."@de ,
		"La batalla de Yorktown tuvo lugar durante la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos de Am\u00E9rica entre el 26 de septiembre y el 19 de octubre de 1781. Enfrent\u00F3 a los insurgentes americanos y a sus aliados franceses del marqu\u00E9s de La Fayette a los brit\u00E1nicos al mando de lord Cornwallis."@es ,
		"Bitva u Yorktownu a kapitulace britsk\u00FDch vojsk lorda Cornwallise p\u0159edstavuj\u00ED jedno z posledn\u00EDch velk\u00FDch st\u0159etnut\u00ED Americk\u00E9 v\u00E1lky za nez\u00E1vislost. Spojen\u00E9 s\u00EDly Francie a americk\u00FDch separatist\u016F oblehly vojska lorda Cornwallise v oblasti Yorktownu. O naprost\u00E9 obkl\u00ED\u010Den\u00ED se postaralo Francouzsk\u00E9 v\u00E1le\u010Dn\u00E9 n\u00E1mo\u0159nictvo, kter\u00E9 kr\u00E1tce p\u0159edt\u00EDm porazilo britskou flotilu v bitv\u011B u Chesapeake a zablokovalo p\u0159\u00EDstupy z mo\u0159e. Tato jedin\u00E1 v\u00FDznamn\u00E1 por\u00E1\u017Eka, kterou Royal Navy v 18. a 19. stolet\u00ED utrp\u011Blo, znamenala naprostou katastrofu jak pro Cornwallisovu arm\u00E1du, tak pro cel\u00E9 britsk\u00E9 v\u00E1le\u010Dn\u00E9 \u00FAsil\u00ED ve v\u00E1lce. Spojen\u00E9 s\u00EDly Ameri\u010Dan\u016F a Francouz\u016F p\u0159evy\u0161ovaly Cornwallisovy mu\u017Ee v\u00EDce ne\u017E dvojn\u00E1sobn\u011B a n\u00E1mo\u0159n\u00ED blok\u00E1da od\u0159\u00EDzla Brity od pot\u0159ebn\u00FDch dod\u00E1vek. Cornwallis se p\u0159esto nevzd\u00E1val, vytvo\u0159il okolo Yorktownu n\u011Bkolik p\u00E1sem improvizovan\u00E9 obrany a ta zu\u0159iv\u011B br\u00E1nil. Doufal p\u0159itom v posily, kter\u00E9 m\u011Bly dorazit od New Yorku a s jejich\u017E pomoc\u00ED hodlal rozdrtit obl\u00E9hatele. Brzy se v\u0161ak uk\u00E1zalo, \u017Ee p\u0159evaha nep\u0159\u00E1telsk\u00FDch d\u011Bl je p\u0159\u00EDli\u0161 velk\u00E1. Obl\u00E9hatel\u00E9 postupn\u011B p\u0159es zu\u0159iv\u00FD odpor Cornwallisov\u00FDch mu\u017E\u016F rozbili ob\u011B improvizovan\u00E9 linie lehk\u00E9ho opevn\u011Bn\u00ED (v podstat\u011B je rozst\u0159\u00EDleli d\u011Bly i s ka\u017Ed\u00FDm, kdo se zav\u010Das neskryl) a postupn\u011B se propracovali do pozic, odkud m\u011Bli mo\u017Enost p\u00E1lit p\u0159\u00EDmo do britsk\u00E9ho le\u017Een\u00ED. Kdy\u017E si zoufal\u00FD Cornwallis uv\u011Bdomil, \u017Ee posily nedoraz\u00ED v\u010Das, pokusil se nejprve n\u011Bjak\u00FD \u010Das z\u00EDskat no\u010Dn\u00EDm \u00FAtokem na obl\u00E9hac\u00ED baterie d\u011Bl. Kdyby je vy\u0159adil, zna\u010Dn\u011B by t\u00EDm obl\u00E9hatel\u016Fm naru\u0161il pl\u00E1ny a m\u011Bl by \u0161anci vydr\u017Eet a\u017E do p\u0159\u00EDchodu posil, ov\u0161em jeho no\u010Dn\u00ED \u00FAtok zkrachoval. Kdy\u017E pak selhal i n\u00E1sledn\u00FD pokus prob\u00EDt se ne\u010Dekan\u00FDm \u00FAderem z obkl\u00ED\u010Den\u00ED, Cornwallis nab\u00EDdl kapitulaci. Por\u00E1\u017Eka vedla k rezignaci britsk\u00E9ho ministersk\u00E9ho p\u0159edsedy a p\u0159esv\u011Bd\u010Dila Brit\u00E1nii, \u017Ee nen\u00ED v jej\u00EDm z\u00E1jmu pokra\u010Dovat ve v\u00E1lce, kter\u00E1 se i jinak vyv\u00EDjela sp\u00ED\u0161e nerozhodn\u011B a od\u010Derp\u00E1vala z jej\u00EDho rozpo\u010Dtu obrovsk\u00E9 sumy, ani\u017E by slibovala n\u011Bjak\u00FD v\u011Bt\u0161\u00ED zisk."@cs ,
		"Beleiringen av Yorktown i 1781 var en seier for en amerikansk\u2013fransk styrke ledet av general George Washington, Marquis de La Fayette og den franske generalen Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur over den britiske arm\u00E9en ledet av general Charles Cornwallis. Overgivelsen til Cornwallis sin h\u00E6r fikk den britiske regjeringen til \u00E5 forhandle frem en fredsavtale i den amerikanske uavhengighetskrigen."@no ,
		"La bataille de Yorktown se d\u00E9roule lors de la guerre d'ind\u00E9pendance des \u00C9tats-Unis d'Am\u00E9rique du 26 septembre au 19 octobre 1781. Elle confronte les insurg\u00E9s am\u00E9ricains et leurs alli\u00E9s fran\u00E7ais du marquis de La Fayette aux Britanniques command\u00E9s par Lord Cornwallis."@fr ,
		"A yorktowni csata az amerikai f\u00FCggetlens\u00E9gi h\u00E1bor\u00FA legfontosabb \u00E9s legh\u00EDresebb csat\u00E1ja, annak ellen\u00E9re, hogy eur\u00F3pai m\u00E9rt\u00E9kkel a csata m\u00E9ret\u00E9re is \u00E9s vesztes\u00E9geire n\u00E9zve is nem volt t\u00F6bb egy kisebb csetepat\u00E9n\u00E1l. A sz\u00E1razf\u00F6ldr\u0151l \u00E9s v\u00EDzr\u0151l is k\u00F6r\u00FClz\u00E1rt angol er\u0151k megadt\u00E1k magukat a francia-amerikai sz\u00F6vets\u00E9ges csapatoknak. Ezzel a h\u00E1bor\u00FA is eld\u0151lt a kontinensen, aminek a k\u00F6vetkezm\u00E9nye lett az amerikai f\u00FCggetlens\u00E9gi nyilatkozat."@hu ,
		"La battaglia di Yorktown del 1781 fu l'episodio militare finale della rivoluzione americana. La campagna fu tale grazie a un notevole grado di cooperazione e di coordinazione fra le forze francesi ed americane: un esercito francese nel Rhode Island, sotto il comando del Conte de Rochambeau, un esercito americano a New York City comandato dal generale George Washington, un assortimento dei regolari e della milizia americana nella Virginia sotto il Marchese Lafayette, un piccolo squadrone navale francese a Newport sotto il Conte de Barras e una flotta francese sotto il Conte de Grasse. Il Generale britannico Cornwallis spostando il suo esercito verso il litorale del Nord Carolina, quindi, disobbedendo agli ordini dal generale Clinton di proteggere la posizione britannica nella Carolina, marci\u00F2 verso nord in Virginia. Al generale Cornwallis era stato ordinato di portare tutti i suoi uomini a New York, ma questi ancora una volta non obbed\u00EC agli ordini. Nello stesso tempo, il Generale Washington stava progettando di attaccare New York con l'aiuto dei francesi, i britannici saputo del piano dei patrioti di attaccare New York, non inviarono rinforzi al Generale Cornwallis gi\u00E0 a Yorktown. Questi, mantenendo tutte le sue truppe che ammontavano a circa 7 500 unit\u00E0, cominci\u00F2 a fortificare Yorktown e Gloucester, dall'altra parte del fiume York. Washington intanto aveva inviato l'aiuto francese nella persona del marchese de Lafayette che si trovava in Virginia nella primavera del 1781 con alcune truppe continentali. Lafayette comunque aveva osservato tutti i movimenti delle truppe di Cornwallis sul litorale della Carolina e la loro disposizione a Yorktown. Dopo aver sentito queste novit\u00E0, Washington abbandon\u00F2 il suo piano di attaccare New York e con il generale francese Rochambeau, 2 500 truppe continentali e 4 000 francesi, iniziarono a procedere verso Filadelfia. I vari contingenti arrivarono nella Chesapeake Bay virtualmente tutti nello stesso tempo. Il generale Clinton, capendo che gli americani non stavano dirigendosi pi\u00F9 alla volta di New York, ordin\u00F2 alla flotta britannica di muovere verso la Chesapeake Bay. Il 30 agosto, il conte de Grasse, con la flotta francese arriv\u00F2 nella Chesapeake Bay mentre la flotta britannica da New York arriv\u00F2 soltanto il 5 settembre. Ne segu\u00EC una battaglia navale con la marina francese che respinse fuori dalla baia la flotta britannica. Le 3 000 truppe francesi dalla flotta navale si unirono all'esercito del generale Washington. L'obiettivo degli alleati franco-americani era d'intrappolare Charles Cornwallis, che si era stabilito a Yorktown nella penisola della Virginia dopo che non era riuscito a distruggere l'esercito americano del generale Nathanael Greene nella Carolina. Le operazioni di assedio contro Yorktown si aprirono il 6 ottobre 1781, l'artiglieria francese e americana cominciarono un bombardamento quasi incessante delle posizioni del Cornwallis. Dopo aver atteso alcuni giorni che gli ammiragli britannici Graves e Hood navigassero di nuovo verso New York, gli americani attaccarono. Il 14 ottobre 1781 in una furiosa offensiva contro le protezioni britanniche, le truppe dei patrioti presero con forza le giubbe rosse che proteggevano il presidio britannico di Yorktown. Armati solo di baionetta gli Americani presero il caposaldo; ed il loro comandante, il giovane colonnello Alexander Hamilton, ordin\u00F2 ai suoi uomini pi\u00F9 volte di ricaricare le pistole. Con un attacco simultaneo dei francesi, l'assalto indebol\u00EC le linee britanniche. Solo il 17 ottobre Sir Henry Clinton a New York acceler\u00F2 una spedizione navale verso Yorktown, ma essa fu respinta dal Conte de Grasse. I britannici lanciarono un contrattacco fallendolo. Cornwallis fu soverchiato numericamente e preso a cannonate mentre, per di pi\u00F9 si stavano esaurendo i viveri. Il 17 ottobre fu chiesto l'armistizio, Cornwallis propose dei termini che per\u00F2 risultarono inaccettabili per Washington. Senza speranze, Cornwallis cedette i suoi 8.000 uomini ai 17.000 dell'esercito franco-americano. Il generale Clinton, quando apprese della resa, stava marciando verso Yorktown con 7.000 truppe di rinforzo, ma se ne torn\u00F2 a New York. Solo il 19 ottobre Cornwallis decise di arrendersi incondizionatamente, accettando i termini di Washington. Questi erano, nel complesso, molto generosi, l'esercito britannico doveva arrendersi agli americani; la marina ai francesi. Gli ufficiali potevano mantenere le loro propriet\u00E0, i soldati furono inviati in Virginia, in Maryland o in Pennsylvania, mentre a Cornwallis ed alcuni altri ufficiali fu consentito di tornare a casa sulla parola."@it ,
		"De slag bij Yorktown was een veldslag tijdens de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog van 28 september tot 19 oktober 1781. Tijdens de veldslag stonden de Amerikaanse opstandelingen onder de leiding van George Washington, en hun Franse bondgenoten van markies La Fayette, tegen de Britten, onder de leiding van Lord Cornwallis. Wanneer de Franse en Amerikaanse generaals Rochambeau en Washington elkaar op 22 mei 1781 ontmoeten in Wethersfield in Connecticut om hun strategie tegen de Britten te bepalen, wilden zij eerst optrekken naar New York, dat bezet was door 10.000 Britse troepen. De Britse legerchef Lord Cornwallis had op zijn beurt met 7.000 man stelling ingenomen in Yorktown in Virginia, maar moest zijn stellingen verlaten om zich te bevoorraden. Washington maakt van de gelegenheid gebruik om de Britse troepen in Yorktown te belagen en krijgt de hulp van de Fransen van markies de la Fayette. De Franse vloot blokkeert de haven van Yorktown, waardoor elke overzeese bevoorrading voor de Britten onmogelijk wordt. De Amerikaans-Franse troepen belegerden de stad en de Britten dienden zich over te geven. In Londen leidde de overgave tot het ontslag van de regering van Lord North, die vervangen werd door vredesgezinde whigs. Na dit beleg van Yorktown erkende Groot-Brittanni\u00EB in 1783 in de Vrede van Parijs (1783) de onafhankelijkheid van de Amerikaanse koloni\u00EBn, waarmee er formeel een einde kwam aan de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog."@nl ;
	rdfs:comment	"La bataille de Yorktown se d\u00E9roule lors de la guerre d'ind\u00E9pendance des \u00C9tats-Unis d'Am\u00E9rique du 26 septembre au 19 octobre 1781. Elle confronte les insurg\u00E9s am\u00E9ricains et leurs alli\u00E9s fran\u00E7ais du marquis de La Fayette aux Britanniques command\u00E9s par Lord Cornwallis."@fr ,
		"A yorktowni csata az amerikai f\u00FCggetlens\u00E9gi h\u00E1bor\u00FA legfontosabb \u00E9s legh\u00EDresebb csat\u00E1ja, annak ellen\u00E9re, hogy eur\u00F3pai m\u00E9rt\u00E9kkel a csata m\u00E9ret\u00E9re is \u00E9s vesztes\u00E9geire n\u00E9zve is nem volt t\u00F6bb egy kisebb csetepat\u00E9n\u00E1l. A sz\u00E1razf\u00F6ldr\u0151l \u00E9s v\u00EDzr\u0151l is k\u00F6r\u00FClz\u00E1rt angol er\u0151k megadt\u00E1k magukat a francia-amerikai sz\u00F6vets\u00E9ges csapatoknak. Ezzel a h\u00E1bor\u00FA is eld\u0151lt a kontinensen, aminek a k\u00F6vetkezm\u00E9nye lett az amerikai f\u00FCggetlens\u00E9gi nyilatkozat."@hu ,
		"Bitva u Yorktownu a kapitulace britsk\u00FDch vojsk lorda Cornwallise p\u0159edstavuj\u00ED jedno z posledn\u00EDch velk\u00FDch st\u0159etnut\u00ED Americk\u00E9 v\u00E1lky za nez\u00E1vislost. Spojen\u00E9 s\u00EDly Francie a americk\u00FDch separatist\u016F oblehly vojska lorda Cornwallise v oblasti Yorktownu. O naprost\u00E9 obkl\u00ED\u010Den\u00ED se postaralo Francouzsk\u00E9 v\u00E1le\u010Dn\u00E9 n\u00E1mo\u0159nictvo, kter\u00E9 kr\u00E1tce p\u0159edt\u00EDm porazilo britskou flotilu v bitv\u011B u Chesapeake a zablokovalo p\u0159\u00EDstupy z mo\u0159e."@cs ,
		"The Siege of Yorktown or Battle of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by General Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by General Lord Cornwallis."@en ,
		"Beleiringen av Yorktown i 1781 var en seier for en amerikansk\u2013fransk styrke ledet av general George Washington, Marquis de La Fayette og den franske generalen Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur over den britiske arm\u00E9en ledet av general Charles Cornwallis. Overgivelsen til Cornwallis sin h\u00E6r fikk den britiske regjeringen til \u00E5 forhandle frem en fredsavtale i den amerikanske uavhengighetskrigen."@no ,
		"Obl\u0119\u017Cenie Yorktown mia\u0142o miejsce od 28 wrze\u015Bnia do 17 pa\u017Adziernika 1781 podczas wojny o niepodleg\u0142o\u015B\u0107 Stan\u00F3w Zjednoczonych, w miasteczku Yorktown w stanie Wirginia. Zako\u0144czy\u0142o si\u0119 kapitulacj\u0105 armii brytyjskiej licz\u0105cej 7,5 tys. \u017Co\u0142nierzy, obleganej przez sojusznicze si\u0142y ameryka\u0144skie (8845 \u017Co\u0142nierzy) i francuskie (10,8 tys. \u017Co\u0142nierzy). By\u0142a to ostatnia bitwa wojny na terenie Stan\u00F3w Zjednoczonych."@pl ,
		"Als Schlacht von Yorktown, auch die deutsche Schlacht, wird der Sieg der franz\u00F6sischen-amerikanischen Truppen unter dem Befehl von Comte de Rochambeau und dem von George Washington gegen die britische Armee unter General Lord Charles Cornwallis bei Yorktown im amerikanischen Unabh\u00E4ngigkeitskrieg 1781 bezeichnet. In Folge der Schlacht erkannte Gro\u00DFbritannien die Unabh\u00E4ngigkeit der ehemals britischen Kolonien an."@de ,
		"De slag bij Yorktown was een veldslag tijdens de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog van 28 september tot 19 oktober 1781. Tijdens de veldslag stonden de Amerikaanse opstandelingen onder de leiding van George Washington, en hun Franse bondgenoten van markies La Fayette, tegen de Britten, onder de leiding van Lord Cornwallis."@nl ,
		"La batalla de Yorktown tuvo lugar durante la guerra de Independencia de los Estados Unidos de Am\u00E9rica entre el 26 de septiembre y el 19 de octubre de 1781. Enfrent\u00F3 a los insurgentes americanos y a sus aliados franceses del marqu\u00E9s de La Fayette a los brit\u00E1nicos al mando de lord Cornwallis."@es ,
		""@ja ,
		"La battaglia di Yorktown del 1781 fu l'episodio militare finale della rivoluzione americana."@it ;
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