Battle of the Brandywine

Battle of Brandywine
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Hessian map of the Philadelphia campaign
Date September 11, 1777 Location Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States 39°52′19″N 75°35′24″W / 39.872°N 75.590°W / 39.872; -75.590 (Battlefield Park)Coordinates: 39°52′19″N 75°35′24″W / 39.872°N 75.590°W / 39.872; -75.590 (Battlefield Park) Result British victory
Belligerents
United States Canadian auxiliaries	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
George Washington Nathanael Greene John Sullivan Lord Stirling Adam Stephen Anthony Wayne Casimir Pulaski Moses Hazen	Sir William Howe Charles Cornwallis Wilhelm Knyphausen
Strength
14,600	15,500 and 47 guns
Casualties and losses
Total: 1,300 300 killed 600 wounded 400 captured	Total: 587 93 killed 488 wounded 6 missing
Pennsylvania Historical Marker
Designated	March 18, 1952

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The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American army of General George Washington and the British army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777. The British Army defeated the American Army and forced them to withdraw toward the American capital of Philadelphia. The engagement occurred near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania during Howe's campaign to take Philadelphia, part of the American Revolutionary War. More troops fought at Brandywine than any other battle of the American Revolution. It was also the longest single-day battle of the war, with continuous fighting for 11 hours.

Howe's army departed from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, on July 23, 1777, and landed near Elkton, Maryland, in northern Chesapeake Bay. Marching north, the British Army brushed aside American light forces in a few skirmishes. Washington offered battle with his army posted behind Brandywine Creek. While part of his army demonstrated in front of Chadds Ford, Howe took the bulk of his troops on a long march that crossed the Brandywine beyond Washington's right flank. Due to poor scouting, the Americans did not detect Howe's column until it reached a position in rear of their right flank. Belatedly, three divisions were shifted to block the British flanking force near a Quaker meeting house.

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