Siege of Fort Mifflin | |||||||
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
Hessian Map of the forts at Mud Island and Red Bank |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Great Britain | United States | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Sir William Howe |
John Hazelwood | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000, naval squadron | 450 & reinforcements river flotilla |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
58 captured, over 62 killed HMS Augusta (64) sunk HMS Merlin (18) sunk |
250 river flotilla scuttled |
Sir William Howe
John Montresor