[PAR] [TLE] Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat [SEP] Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat was a volunteer French officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.  Born into a military family, he entered the French royal army in 1761.  By 1776 he was a first lieutenant but went to America with Gilbert Motier, marquis de La Fayette with the promise of becoming a major.  After serving as La Fayette's aide at Brandywine, Gloucester, Barren Hill, and Monmouth, he went back to France for one year.  Returning to America in 1780, he was appointed to command a light infantry unit which fought at Green Spring in 1781.  He led his men in a successful assault at Yorktown that same year.  He returned to France in 1782 and was named colonel in command of a colonial regiment in Martinique.  He later was governor of Saint Lucia from 1789 to 1792. [PAR] [TLE] Siege of Yorktown [SEP] The Siege of Yorktown, also known as the Battle of Yorktown, the Surrender at Yorktown, German Battle or the Siege of Little York, ending on October 19, 1781, at Yorktown, Virginia, was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis.  The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American theater, as the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army, prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.  The battle boosted faltering American morale and revived French enthusiasm for the war, as well as undermining popular support for the conflict in Great Britain.
[PAR] [TLE] Jean - Joseph Sourbader de Gimat [ SEP ] Jean - Joseph Sourbader de Gimat was a volunteer French officer who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . Born into a military family , he entered the French royal army in 1761 . By 1776 he was a first lieutenant but went to America with Gilbert Motier , marquis de La Fayette with the promise of becoming a major . After serving as La Fayette 's aide at Brandywine , Gloucester , Barren Hill , and Monmouth , he went back to France for one year . Returning to America in 1780 , he was appointed to command a light infantry unit which fought at Green Spring in 1781 . He led his men in a successful assault at Yorktown that same year . He returned to France in 1782 and was named colonel in command of a colonial regiment in Martinique . He later was governor of Saint Lucia from 1789 to 1792 . [PAR] [TLE] Siege of Yorktown [ SEP ] The Siege of Yorktown , also known as the Battle of Yorktown , the Surrender at Yorktown , German Battle or the Siege of Little York , ending on October 19 , 1781 , at Yorktown , Virginia , was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British peer and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis . The culmination of the Yorktown campaign , the siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American theater , as the surrender by Cornwallis , and the capture of both him and his army , prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict . The battle boosted faltering American morale and revived French enthusiasm for the war , as well as undermining popular support for the conflict in Great Britain .
Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat was part of a war in Yorktown Virginia with American and French allies that ended on what date?
Jean - Joseph Sourbader de Gimat was part of a war in Yorktown Virginia with American and French allies that ended on what date ?
October 19, 1781
October 19, 1781