Malarial mosquitoes helped defeat British in battle that ended Revolutionary War

[IrishGunner]

A few days ago - 19 Oct - was the anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown. Here's a bit of trivia for you...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/18/AR2010101803877.html?wprss=rss_world/europe

[lord Carkaney]

Top notch trivia

[Jerry B]

A very interesting new take on Yorktown and the campaigns that preceded it. I knew the British had previosuly suffered from the disease, but I alwas thought it was largely the French artillery that did for them at Yorktown.

[peter monahan]

Cool!