The Battle of Yorktown was a big victory for the Americans.

约克镇战役对美国人来说是一次伟大的胜利。

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The first skirmishes in America's war of independence were at Concord and Lexington in 1775 and the decisive battle was fought at Yorktown in 1781, six years later (though the articles of peace were not signed until 1783).

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