About noon
The British received the same terms which they had imposed upon the Americans at Charlestown . Nothing now remained but the observance of the formal surrender , which was set for the next day . The nineteenth of October dawned gloriously . About noon the combined armies marched to their positions in the large field lying south of the town , and were drawn up in two lines about a mile long , on the right and left of a road running from the village . On the right of the road were the American troops ; on the left those of the French . A large concourse of people had gathered from all the countryside to see the spectacle . Every countenance glowed with satisfaction and joy .