Battle of Germantown

Battle of Germantown
Part of the American Revolutionary War
American forces lay siege to the Chew house during the Battle of Germantown.
Date October 4, 1777 Location Germantown, Pennsylvania Result British victory
Belligerents
United States Canadian auxiliaries	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
George Washington Nathanael Greene John Sullivan William Alexander William Smallwood Moses Hazen	Sir William Howe Lord Cornwallis Wilhelm Knyphausen
Strength
11,000	9,000
Casualties and losses
152 killed 521 wounded 438 captured	71 killed 448 wounded 14 missing

 United States

 Great Britain

The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Continental Army, with the 2nd Canadian Regiment, under George Washington.

After defeating the Continental Army at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, and the Battle of Paoli on September 20, Howe outmanoeuvred Washington, seizing Philadelphia, the capital of the newly proclaimed United States. Howe left a garrison of some 3,000 troops in Philadelphia, while moving the bulk of his force to Germantown, then an outlying community to the city. Learning of the division, Washington determined to engage the British. His plan called for four separate columns to converge on the British position at Germantown. The two flanking columns were composed of 3,000 militia, while the centre-left, under Nathanael Greene, the centre-right under John Sullivan, and the reserve under Lord Stirling were made up of regular troops. The ambition behind the plan was to surprise and destroy the British force, much in the same way as Washington had surprised and decisively defeated the Hessians at Trenton. In Germantown, Howe had his light infantry and the 40th Foot spread across his front as pickets. In the main camp, Wilhelm von Knyphausen commanded the British left, while Howe himself personally led the British right.

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