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1777 – Both sides battered at Germantown

History.com: On this day in 1777, 11,000 Patriots under General George Washington attempt an early morning attack on British General William Howe’s 9,000 British troops at Germantown, Pennsylvania, five miles north of the British-occupied capital city of Philadelphia.

(Photo credit: Reenactors at the Battle of Germantown, post-game handshake, courtesy Michael Feagans, Flickr Creative Commons)
(Photo credit: Reenactors at the Battle of Germantown, post-game handshake, courtesy Michael Feagans, Flickr Creative Commons)

Washington’s Continental forces were poorly trained, poorly fed and poorly clothed. Nonetheless, Washington thought them ready to fight and had planned to send four columns into battle with bits of white paper tucked into their hats to help them identify each other in the darkness of early morning. Washington’s elaborate plan was thrown into disarray, however, when two columns got lost in heavy morning fog. By 10 a.m., the battle was over. Although the Americans were forced into a retreat, both sides suffered heavy losses—152 dead, 521 wounded and 400 captured for the Patriots and 71 dead, 450 wounded and 14 missing for the British–and the battle demonstrated Washington’s strategic abilities.  MORE

3 Comments on 1777 – Both sides battered at Germantown

  1. Interesting post MJA. There are some parallels to the current presidential campaign. Hopefully Trump has found his Von Steuben and the “real Americans” can forge ahead to victory as our founders did.

  2. They weren’t so cowardly back then.
    0bama was hoping he could weed out all the patriots from our military so he could turn it against us using superior weaponry from a distance.
    That bastard would have gunships mowing us all down if he could arrange it. And Hillary is probably even more cold-hearted than the fag in chief.
    Gen. Washington would have hanged both of them before it got even close to this far.

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