Jan 4, 2010
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the American Revolution. Result: American retreat.
Following his defeat at the Battle of Brandywine and the British occupation of Philadelphia, General George Washington ordered Continental forces to attack British Redcoats encamped at Germantown.
Washington’s troops set out on October 3 and in four converging columns attacked the following morning. They made rapid and dramatic gains, sweeping across two to three miles of enemy ground before Sir William Howe could organize his beleaguered Redcoats. With...
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