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Battle of Bunker Hill
British drove the Americans from the Charlestown peninsula, with heavy loss. The battle was at the time considered to be an American defeat. Some of the Generals were Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward and General Israel Putnam. - General Gage, the British commander in chief, found himself blockaded in Boston by the American Continental Army,-Howe landed with his force on the southern shore of the peninsular and directed the light infantry to attack the section. -
Long Island
The generals where Major General Lord Howe and General George Washington. the Bristish won by driving the americans out of Brooklyn and forcecd them to evacuate.-On 26th August the main body of the British troops marched north-east along the line of high ground held by the Americans to begin their attack.- 28th August Washington brought reinforcements from New York but with the increasing threat from the Royal Navy - Brooklyn and the loss of New York was the worst period of the war for -
Trenton
The winner were the american troops. Some of the major generals were General George Washington against Colonel Rahl.
-Washington attack the Hessian position at Trenton on the extreme southern end of the over extended British line along the Delaware, before his army dispersed.
-The Hessians attempted to form in the town but were under artillery fire and attack from front and rear.
-Hessian commander Colonel Rahl had been ordered to construct defence works around the town but had not troubl -
Brandywine
British and Hessians were left occupying the field having driven the Americans from their position on Brandywine Creek. some generals in this battle were Major General Sir William Howe and General George Washington.
-Washington marched south to Wilmington and attempted to delay the capture of the city falling back before the British and Hessian army.
-th September 1777 Washington’s army took positions behind the Brandywine Creek at Chad’s Ford (now Chadds Ford -
Saratoga
Major General John Burgoyne commanded the British and German force. Major General Horatio Gates and Brigadier Benedict Arnold commanded the American army. The Americans won by forcing Burgoyne’s to surrender.
- British Government in London devised a plan to send a strong army down the Lake Champlain route from Canada
-Lord Germaine’s and Burgoyne’s expectations were that a second British force under Major General Clinton would move north up the Hudson River from New York and meet Burgoyne -
Monmouth
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, Major General Earl Cornwallis and Major General Knyphausen against General George Washington and Major General Charles Lee. The battle is generally taken as a draw.
-As the winter wore on the supply situation was brought under control and something approaching a proper issue of equipment and rations was made to the troops.
-8th June 1778 the British army with artillery, supplies and the Loyalist populace of the city left Philadelphia and began the laborious -
Capture of Savannah
British Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell and his force of 3600 troops launch a surprise attack on the Americans. American Major General Robert Howe and his paltry force of between 650 and 900 men were severely outnumbered. the battle came to a withdraw from Howe making his troops evacuate.
-During the process, the Georgia Brigade took heavy losses when it was cut off from Howe's other forces.
-Patriots lost 83 men and another 483 were captured, while the British lost only 3 men and another -
capture of Savannah cont..
Savannah remained in British control until the Redcoats left of their own accord on July 11, 1782. -
Cowpens
Colonel Daniel Morgan against Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. the Americans won the battle.
-fighting was conducted by raiding columns and guerilla activity
-oth sides behaved with unrestrained ferocity.
-Pursued by Tarleton, Morgan determined to make a stand by the Broad River -
Guilford Court House
Major General Lord Cornwallis against Major General Nathaniel Greene. The British won a Pyrrhic victory.
-two years of the toughest of campaigning in South and North Carolina, Cornwallis pursued Greene’s army in an attempt to defeat him before launching the final and ill-fated British invasion of Virginia.
-Americans opened fire as the British appeared at the edge of the first clearing
-ornwallis rushed to attack him on the morning of 15th March 1781, his troops hungry and tired. -
Battle of Yorktown
General Washington commanded the Americans, Lieutenant General de Rochambeau commanded the French and Major General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British. Americans and French won the battle.
-Losing his grip on the Carolinas, Cornwallis marched his army into Virginia and seized Yorktown and Gloucester, towns on each side of the York River.
-ith the arrival of the French fleet of Admiral De Grasse, General Washington was able to march south from New York with the joint American and French army
