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The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown , Pennsylvania , between the British Army led by Sir William Howe , and the American Continental Army under George Washington .
The Battle of Germantown on 4 October 1777 pitted a 9,000-man British army under General William Howe against an 11,000-strong American army commanded by General George Washington. After an initial advance, the American reserve allowed itself to be diverted by 120 British troops holding out in the Benjamin Chew House .
Battle of Thomas Creek: May 17, 1777: East Florida: British victory Meigs Raid: May 24, 1777: New York: American victory Battle of Short Hills: June 26, 1777: New Jersey: British victory Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: July 5–6, 1777: New York: British victory Battle of Hubbardton: July 7, 1777: Vermont: British victory Battle of Fort Ann: July 8 ...
Battle of Germantown (October 4, 1777) Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union created (November 15, 1777) Battle of White Marsh (December 5–8, 1777) Battle of Matson's Ford (December 11, 1777) Valley Forge winter encampment of the Continental Army (December 1777 to June 1778) Battle of Crooked Billet (May 1, 1778)
Battle of Short Hills (June 26, 1777) Battle of Staten Island (August 22, 1777) Battle of Cooch's Bridge (September 3, 1777) Battle of Brandywine (September 11, 1777) Battle of the Clouds (September 16, 1777) Battle of Paoli (September 20, 1777) Siege of Fort Mifflin (September 26, 1777 – November 16, 1777) Battle of Germantown (October 4 ...
By 1777, he had been appointed a local brigadier general and commanded a brigade. General Agnew was engaged at the Battle of Long Island in 1776. In 1777, Agnew accompanied British forces under the command of General William Tryon and General William Erskine on an inland raid against Patriot supply depot in Danbury, Connecticut .
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October 4 – Francis Nash, Continental Army brigadier general, mortally wounded at Battle of Germantown (born c.1742) October 7 – Simon Fraser, British Army general, killed in Battle of Bemis Heights (born 1729 in Scotland) November 10 – Cornstalk (Hokoleskwa), Shawnee chief, murdered (born c.1720)