 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto eBritain aripo paYorktown akasvika muVirginia mumapoka mana akaparadzana. Yokutanga yakatumirwa ichibva kuNew York City muna December 1780 ichitungamirirwa naBrigadier General Benedict Arnold. Yechipiri yakatumirwa ichibva kuNew York muna Kurume 1781 pasi pehutungamiriri hwaMajor General William Phillips kusimbisa Arnold mushure mekutyisidzira kweFrance neAmerica. Boka rechitatu rakasvika rakanga riri raGeneral Cornwallis, uyo akanga ave achishanda muCarolinasuye, pashure peHondo yeGuilford Court House pana March 15, vakasarudza kubatana naArnold naPhillips. Izvi zvaipesana nemirayiridzo yaibva kumukuru wake, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, Mutungamiriri Mukuru weBritain muNorth America. Akasvika kuPetersburg, Virginia mukupera kwaMay kuti atungamirire mauto ikoko; Phillips akanga afa nefivha vhiki imwe chete pamberi, uye Arnold akadzokera kuNew York nguva pfupi Cornwallis asvika. Paaiva kuPetersburg, Cornwallis akabatanidzwa neboka rechina raibva kuNew York raiva pasi pomutungamiriri weHessian Colonel August von Voigt. 