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This is a list of British colours lost in battle. Since reforms in 1747 each infantry regiment carried two colours, or flags, to identify it on the battlefield: a king's colour of the union flag and a regimental colour of the same colour as the regiment's facings. The colours were regarded as talismans of the regiment and it was considered a ...
Known as the Continental Union Flag or the American flag during the Revolutionary War, [1] [2] the name was derived from a combination of the words "Continental," referring to the Continental Congress, and "Union Flag," referring to the British Union Flag of 1707 used in the Thirteen Colonies.
The Bennington flag is a version of the U.S. flag associated with the American Revolution Battle of Bennington, from which it derives its name. Its distinguishing feature is the inclusion of a large '76' in the canton , a reference to the year 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Attached to the headpiece of the assigned flag, the streamer often is an inscribed ribbon with the name and date denoting participation in a particular battle, military campaign, or theater of war; the ribbon's colors are chosen accordingly and frequently match an associated campaign medal or ribbon bar.
The Liberty flag being raised over Fort Moultrie, during its successful defense against the British. The Liberty flag was designed, by commission, in 1775 by Colonel William Moultrie, to prepare for war with Great Britain. It was flown by his troops in the successful defense of Sullivan's Island against the British fleet on June 28, 1776.
The first Pine Tree Flag flown by colonists against the British during the riot was red with a pine tree within a white square in the upper left corner. [10] Of the men charged, Timothy Worthley, Jonathan Worthley and William Dustin fought against the British in the Revolutionary War, as did even Samuel Blodgett.
The Battles of Saratoga (September 19 and October 7, 1777) marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. British General John Burgoyne led an invasion army of 7,200–8,000 men southward from Canada in the Champlain Valley, hoping to meet a similar ...
Striking the British colors at Fort William and Mary was the first time British citizens had ever shown such disdain for their country by striking its flag, and having done so in such a contemptuous manner, so infuriated King George III that he forbad further negotiations with the Colonies over their grievances and the American Revolutionary ...