The reinforcing Cause_change_of_strength Swedish army , however , was ambushed Attack by Russians , and a Russian army under Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov had destroyed Destroying Mazepa 's capital and chased Self_motion him to Charles with just thirteen hundred men .

The intention was to rapidly seal off the Cotentin Peninsula , prevent Preventing_or_letting the Germans from reinforcing Cause_change_of_strength Cherbourg , and capture Conquering the port as quickly as possible .

The Liberals committed Commitment numerous brutalities on their way , reinforcing Cause_change_of_strength the bad concept created Creating by the clergy of the villages that the local populations had about the Liberals .

The battle Hostile_encounter was strategically decisive , in that it prevented Preventing_or_letting the Royal Navy from reinforcing Cause_change_of_strength or evacuating Emptying the besieged Besieging forces Causation of Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown , Virginia .