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	Podcast:		The History Network
	Episode:		1806 The Siege of Yorktown
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:43:52
	Publish Date:		2015-02-22 06:34:02
	Description:		On October 17, 1781, four years to the day when British General John Burgoyne surrendered his army to American forces at Saratoga, New York, Lord Charles Cornwallis requested terms of surrender from General George Washington. Two days later, the British marched between lines of French and American soldiers to the tune of "The World Turn'd Upside Down." Upon hearing the news, British Prime Minister Lord North, "reeled, threw out his arms, exclaiming wildly, as he paced up and down…'Oh, God! It's all over!'" Dur: 44mins File: .mp3
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