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Battle of Bunker Hill
-British won
-Thomas Gage,John Burgoyne, Henry Clinton, and William Howe were the general of the British Army
-William Prescott was the general of the Patriots
-At 1 PM on 17 June, Howe led 1,500 British troops across the bay to Charleston Neck to attack the hill.
-. The climb uphil prevented the British from charging with the bayonet while the militiamen were reloading. -226 of the British were killed while 826 wounded. -
Battle of Long Island
-British won
-William Howe was the gerneral of the British
-George Washington was the gerneral of the patriots
-The british lost around 400 people with about 65 men and officers killed. While the Americans had about one thousand casualties and lost more than one thousand more as prisoners.
-The Patriots numbered about only nineteen thousand troops, most of them were untrained and poorly equipped.
-Howe had complete control of the waters surrounding Long Island during the battle. -
Battle of Trenton
-Patriots won
-William Howe was the gerneral the British
-George Washington was the Patriot general
-Before marching the patriot troops toward the Delaware on late Christmas afternoon, Washington read them Thomas Paine's The Crisis to his men, lifting their spirits before the dangerous fight.
-Washington's 2,400 men and 18 cannon successfully made the crossing of the icy Delaware
-Washington's two columns startled the Hessians, who never expected an attack in such awful weather. -
Battke of Brandywine
-William Howe was the British general
-George Washington was the Patriot general
-The British won
-Howe's army sailed from New York City and landed near Elkton, Maryland in northern Chesapeake Bay
-The British captured the city on September 26
-The official British casualty was 587 casualties
-The heavy fog during this battle gave the British an advantage because they could hide in all of the fog -
Battle of Saratoga
-There was two battles of Saratoga, the first one was on sep. 19th 1777 and the second one was on Oct, 7th, 1777.
-The Britsh won the first battle, while the Americans won the second.
-The british general was British General John Burgoyne's
-The American general was Horatio Gates.
-The british suffered nearly 600 casualties
-American losses were nearly 300 killed and seriously wounded
- American troops attacked British positions in the area of Fort Ticonderoga -
Battle of Monmouth
-British generals were Henry Clinton,Earl Cornwallis and Knyphausen
-American generals were George Washington and Charles Lee.
-The battle is generally taken as a draw.
-10,000 British troops against 11,000 Americans.
-The British suffered some 300 casualties and the Americans 350.
- Up to 100 men are thought to have died of heatstroke during the battle.
-As the evening wore on the British troops fell back and returned to their journey north, leaving the Americans on the field. -
Capture of Savannah
-British general was Colonel Archibald Campbell
-The Americcan general was Robert Howe
-British won
-453 Americans were captured
-Howe ordered an immediate retreat, but it rapidly turned into a rout.
- tThe British had 3100 soliders while the Americans only had 850 soliders -
Battle of Cowpens
-Colonel Daniel Morgan was the general for the Americans
- Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton was the general for the British
- The Americans won
-The British lost 39 officers and 60 soldiers killed, 829 british people were captured. 12 Americans were killed and 60 wounded.
- Morgans main line was on the first and higher hill and Washington’s dragoons were placed behind the hill
-The Americans went onto the offensive and the British line was overwhelmed, the British were forced to surrender -
The Battle of Guilford Courthous
-Major General Lord Cornwallis was the british general
-Major General Nathaniel Greene was the american general
-The British won
- Around 1,900 British against 4,400 Americans
-The first American line was formed across the northern edge of the first clearing and extended into the woods on each side: the North Carolina militia, Washington’s Legion, Lee’s Legion, and Campbell’s riflemen.
-Webster pushed hard at the right flank of the American second line and forced it back. -
Battle of Yorktown
-Americans and French won
- General Washington commanded the Americans,
-Lieutenant General de Rochambeau commanded the French
-Major General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British.
-8,800 Americans, 7,800 French and 6,000 British
-The Americans and French marched out of Williamsburg and arrived before Yorktown on 28th September 1781, forming a semi-circle around the British and put them under siege.
-no sign of Clinton’s relief and with inadequate supplies cornwallis army had to surrender
