The siege of Yorktown is also known in some German historiographies as "die deutsche Schlacht" ("the German battle"), because Germans played significant roles in all three armies, accounting for roughly one third of all forces involved.
」 約克鎮圍城戰役還被德國歷史學稱之為「die Deutsche Schlacht」（德國人的戰鬥），因為黑森傭兵在三個軍隊裡都扮演著重要的角色，在所有的軍隊中總共約佔了三分之一以上。