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"Lafayette would also go on to earn a reputation as a brilliant military mind. He played an invaluable role in several high profile battles, often evading British troops and outmaneuvering them at nearly every turn. The most consequential of these was the final battle of the American Revolution at Yorktown in 1781. Here, Lafayette drew the brutal British commander Charles Cornwallis and his troops into a trap, forcing the Red Coats to surrender to the Continental Army and ending the war."

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On a visit to France in 1779, Lafayette won formal French support for the American cause, a diplomatic coup that vivified Revolutionary forces. Lafayette’s tactical cunning and fearlessness in battle saved the Revolution many times, but his French connections were played to their greatest advantage at the 1781 Battle of Yorktown. Lafayette cornered Britain’s Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in a triangular trap comprised of French reinforcements to the west, American troops to the east, and the York River to the north. After a siege of several days, Cornwallis capitulated on October 19, 1781. This fatal blow to British forces ensured the American Revolution was all but won. http://www.history.org/almanack/people/bios/biolafayette.cfm

The World Turned Upside Down
[snip] Tradition has it that when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown (1781) the British played this tune... In America the tune was also known as Derry Down and The Old Women Taught Wisdom [/snip]

http://www.contemplator.com/england/worldtur.html