Battle of White Marsh

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battle engagement of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of White Marsh was a late-1777 engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which General George Washington’s Continental Army repelled British probing attacks near Philadelphia before going into winter quarters at Valley Forge.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of White Marsh canonical	3
Battle of White Marsh or Edge Hill	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Edge Hill ⓘ Battle of White Marsh ⓘ surface form: Battle of White Marsh or Edge Hill
belligerent	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
campaignTheater	Middle Colonies ⓘ
combatant	Continental Army ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ
commander	Anthony Wayne ⓘ Charles Cornwallis ⓘ George Washington ⓘ James Grant ⓘ John Sullivan ⓘ Nathanael Greene ⓘ William Howe ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1777-12-05 ⓘ
endDate	1777-12-08 ⓘ
followedBy	Valley Forge winter encampment ⓘ surface form: Valley Forge winter quarters encampment at Valley Forge ⓘ
geographicFeature	took place around high ground near White Marsh ⓘ
hasAftermath	British forces returned to Philadelphia after failing to draw Washington into a general engagement ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Revolutionary era ⓘ
involves	Hessian auxiliary troops on the British side ⓘ
location	Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: White Marsh, Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
militaryFront	Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
near	Philadelphia ⓘ
notableConsequence	confirmed strength of American defensive position ⓘ encouraged Washington to move to winter quarters at Valley Forge ⓘ
outcome	no decisive breakthrough for British forces ⓘ
partOf	Philadelphia campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Germantown ⓘ
primaryOpposingForces	Continental Army vs British Army and Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ
result	American defensive success ⓘ British probing attacks repelled ⓘ
sideStrength	British and Hessian forces approximately 14,000 troops ⓘ Continental Army approximately 14,000 troops ⓘ
startDate	1777-12-05 ⓘ
strategicObjective	test and probe American positions near Philadelphia ⓘ
tacticalNature	series of British reconnaissance-in-force and probing attacks ⓘ
year	1777 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Germantown → followedBy → Battle of White Marsh ⓘ

British occupation of Philadelphia → significantEvent → Battle of White Marsh ⓘ

Howe’s 1777 Philadelphia campaign → hasBattle → Battle of White Marsh ⓘ

Battle of White Marsh → alsoKnownAs → Battle of White Marsh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of White Marsh or Edge Hill