Chesapeake, off Yorktown. 10:00 a.m. The British ship Bedford sights at least 15 French ships. The guns are loaded, nets are hauled onto the upper decks, carpenters prepare to repair the leaks in the hull, and sand is spread on the decks. The British tactic, as always, is still to hit the French ships at the waterline. The French tactic, on the other hand, is to target the masts, to cripple the British ships and make them difficult to repair.
