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If the French had not been defeated in 1759 they would not have been as angry at the British as they were in 1781. French anger at Britain meant aid to Washington's army, which meant Victory. Loss of Duquesne meant the fall of Quebec City in 1759. This meant the English fleet could not save Cornwallis at Yorktown, as Admiral DeGrasse and the French fleet was there and taking care of business.
The Yorktown
Order of Battle:
British Regiments:
1 troop of 17th Light Dragoons (in Tarleton’s Legion)
Royal Artillery
A composite brigade of Foot Guards (comprising 1st, 2nd and 3rd Foot Guards)
17th Foot later the Royal Leicestershire Regiment and now the Royal Anglian Regiment

23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers
33rd Foot now the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
43rd later the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and now the Royal Green Jackets
71st Fraser’s Highlanders (disbanded at the end of the war)
76th Foot (disbanded at the end of the war)
80th Foot (disbanded at the end of the war)
Regiment of de Voit (Anspach)
Regiment of de Seybothen (Anspach)
Regiment of Prince Hereditary (Hesse)
Regiment of von Bose (Hesse)
Tarleton’s Legion
Simcoe’s Legion
North Carolina Loyalists

French Regiments:
Artillery
Lauzun’s Legion
Bourbonnois Regiment of Foot
Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment of Foot
Soissonois Regiment of Foot
Agenois Regiment of Foot

Americans Regiments:
4th Dragoons (Moylan)
Armand’s Horse
Lafayette’s Light Infantry
Muhlenburg’s Brigade
Hazen’s Canadian Regiment
1st New York Regiment
2nd New York Regiment
1st New Jersey Regiment
2nd New Jersey Regiment
Rhode Island Regiment
1st Pennsylvania Regiment
2nd Pennsylvania Regiment
Virginia Regiment
3rd Maryland Regiment
4th Maryland Regiment
3 brigades of Virginia Militia
Sappers and Miners

A Three Nation force fighting over the fate of North America, with Britain loosing, and the French carrying away new ideas about the equality of Man, which lead to their revolution. The French Revolution was Red, though, not only the red of the guillotine but the red of a new world order. The French Revolution led to the Russian Revolution one hundred years later.

A very interesting interpretation.

Were I more versed in the intricacies of 18th century warfare on this continent and its various and sundry repercussions, I'm sure we could have a most fascinating discussion.

However, I am hampered by both a lack of time, (I have several customers and their lots to deal with) and a dearth of intimate knowledge about the French and Indian wars and their ultimate influence in the formation in the great nation known as "The United States of America".

Thanks to the "education" I was subjected to during my formative years, I am woefully ignorant and therefore owe a great debt of gratitude to the "FReeper Foxhole" for broadening my admittedly limited knowledge of MANY historical events.

Please forgive me, as I must sleep now. I've had a ROUGH and excruciatingly busy last 2 weeks, and it's NOT going to get any better for at least another 3 weeks.

God Bless you and yours.

P.S. I actually beat AERONAUT in tonight!

Woo-Hoo!