Lord Cornwallis’ Betrayal: The Surrender at Yorktown (Fiction)

Lord Cornwallis’ Fateful Meeting with the French

Though the story is fiction, it has some merit of truth. Cornwallis did betray the British with Benedict Arnold and General Wilkinson. He didn’t escape punishment.

On the evening of September 30th, 1781, as dusk fell over the battered fields outside Yorktown, Virginia, a shadowy figure made his way under cover of darkness to the French encampment. Though his face was obscured by the hood of his cloak, his bearing betrayed his aristocratic upbringing. This was no ordinary messenger, but rather Charles Cornwallis, Commander-in-Chief of British forces in America, come to discuss terms of surrender with the French commanders. Away from the prying eyes of his own men, the reality of the hopeless situation he found himself in led him to take the unprecedented step of collaborating with the enemy. But was there more to this fateful meeting than a simple capitulation? Let us explore what truly transpired under the murky skies of Yorktown on that pivotal night.

The Trap Closes Around Cornwallis

Lord Charles Cornwallis was a devout British loyalist, but did he betray the British in order to conquer Ohio. If so, it would have been the cause of his defeat and humiliation at the hands of Lord John Burke.