Show lord cornwallis army disorderly on surrender at the surrender sin sui render of lord corn allis his sold lers presented it brillant cont contract rufA to the amerl ans lang i I 1 id ad ordered that a diew uniform be issued to each cacti ill bian tin an nud that la in marching out of the spacious field at yorktown York towa each company conduct itself in strictest order e a 0 to the humiliating end when tile the arms arfus were to be ground ed doctor thatcher a surgeon in washington s army wrote of that october 19 1781 bu but t in their line of march we re remarked marLed a disorderly conduct their step was irregular and their ranks frequently broken but it was in the las ins act of the diama that the spirit and pride of the british soldiers were put to the severest test lire their mortI fica tion could not be concealed some of 0 the 11 i liloon officers appeared to le be exceedingly chagrined when div ing the word ground arms and I 1 am aness w ness that they performed that duty in a very like manner and that many of the sol diers a sullen temper aliro throwing ing ther arms on the pile with violence as f determined to render them tubeless this irregularity was checked by order of jeneral general LIU alln coln coin the latter had bad been dl d adje l gated by washington as the ameri can in charge of the capitulation the Amer kuns doctor thatcher i ahugh tin ugh not all in fit uni uniform forni nor their dress drei in nent yet ted fed an erect soldiery air and pery mery counte countenance nince beamed with sat and joy |