and the British Defeat at Yorktown, 1781," Mariner's Mirror, vol. 100, 29–43. Middleton, Richard (2011), The War of American Independence, 1775-1783. London: Pearson. Further reading Borkow, Richard. George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson and the Trapping of Cornwallis. 2011. . External links 1781 in the United States Anglo-French War (1778–1783) Campaigns of the American Revolutionary War Conflicts in 1781