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lexigton and concord
the number of american soilders are unknown. the number of british soilders is 1800. the winner was the americans. their were 49 americans killed, 39 wounded, and o captured. for the british their was 73 killed, 174 wounded, and 53 captured. an event leading to the battle was that a provincial congress determined independence for the american colonies, had been established in cambridge, masechessets outside boston and the new england militia was drilling for war. -
Bunker Hill
2,400 British troops against 1,500 Americans. Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward and General Israel Putnam. british won. With the outbreak of the war General Gage, the British commander in chief, found himself blockaded in Boston by the American Continental Army, occupying the hills to the West of the city. -
Battle of Trenton
2,400 American troops with 18 guns. 1,400 Hessians with 6 light guns. General George Washington against Colonel Rahl. The battle was a resounding physical and moral victory for Washington and his American troops. After being driven out of New York by the British and forced to retreat to the West bank of the Delaware during the late summer of 1776, the American cause was at a low ebb. In the harsh winter Washington was faced with the annual crisis of the expiry of the Continental Army’s period of -
Seige of Ticonderoga
There were 7,213 regular British and 3,000 American troops. Major General John Burgoyne commanded the British and Major General Arthur St Clair commanded the American troops. Winner was British. Casualties were only a few dozen on each side. In 1758 during the French and Indian War Ticonderoga was the scene of a fearsome battle between the British and American colonists and the French under the Marquis de Montcalm. -
Saratoga (freeman's Farm)
The British force comprised some 5,000 British, Brunswickers, Canadians and Indians. By the time of the surrender the American force was around 12,000 to 14,000 militia and troops. The Americans forced the surrender of Burgoyne’s force. Of the 7,000 British and Germans who marched from Canada only 3,500 were fit for duty at the surrender. Over the winter of 1776/7 the British Government in London devised a plan to send a strong army down the Lake Champlain route from Canada into the heart of the -
Yorktown
8,800 Americans, 7,800 French and 6,000 British. General Washington commanded the Americans, Lieutenant General de Rochambeau commanded the French and Major General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British. Winner is the americans and french. 6,000 British surrendered to the Americans and French with 10 stands of German and British colours, 240 pieces of artillery, small arms, ammunition and equipment.The casualties during the siege had been 500 British, 80 Americans and 200 French.