General Howe lands fifteen thousand troops in…

September 1777 CE

General Howe lands fifteen thousand troops in late August at the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay, about fifty-five miles (ninety kilometers) southwest of Philadelphia.

General Washington positions eleven thousand men between Howe and Philadelphia but is outflanked and driven back at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777 and suffers over one thousand casualties, while the British lose about half that number, though Howe fails to follow-up on the victory and destroy Washington's army.

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Chadds Ford Delaware Pennsylvania United States View →

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Casimir Pulaski View → Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis View → George Washington View → John Sullivan View → Moses Hazen View → Wilhelm von Knyphausen View → William Howe View →

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