Battle of Brandywine

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Brandywine was a major 1777 engagement in the American Revolutionary War in which British forces defeated George Washington’s Continental Army, leading to the capture of Philadelphia.

Aliases (2)

Battle of Brandywine Creek ×1
Brandywine campaign ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Brandywine Creek →
armedForceAmerican	Continental Army →
armedForceBritish	British Army →
belligerent	British Army → Continental Army →
campaign	Howe’s 1777 Philadelphia campaign →
casualtiesAmerican	over 1100 killed, wounded, or captured →
casualtiesBritish	approximately 600 killed or wounded →
combatant	Great Britain → Kingdom of Great Britain → Thirteen Colonies → United States (Continental forces) →
commander	Anthony Wayne → Charles Cornwallis → George Washington → John Sullivan → Nathanael Greene → Wilhelm von Knyphausen → William Howe →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
consequence	American retreat → British capture of Philadelphia →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
date	1777-09-11 →
followedBy	Battle of Paoli → Battle of the Clouds →
front	Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War →
historicalPeriod	18th century →
location	Brandywine Creek → Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania →
notableEvent	wounding of Marquis de Lafayette →
notableParticipant	Casimir Pulaski → Marquis de Lafayette →
objective	capture of Philadelphia by British forces → defense of Philadelphia by American forces →
partOf	Philadelphia campaign →
precededBy	Battle of Cooch’s Bridge →
result	British victory →
river	Brandywine Creek →
state	Pennsylvania →
strategicOutcome	British gained approach to Philadelphia →
strengthAmerican	approximately 14000 troops →
strengthBritish	approximately 15000 troops →
tacticalOutcome	British outflanking maneuver succeeded →
theater	Middle Colonies →
year	1777 →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lafayette → Nathanael Greene → Wilhelm von Knyphausen →	participatedIn
Battle of Germantown → British occupation of Philadelphia → Valley Forge winter encampment ("Brandywine campaign") →	precededBy
Henry Knox → Marquis de Lafayette →	battle
American Revolutionary War → Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War →	hasPart
Anthony Wayne → John Sullivan →	notableBattle
Hessian forces → Hessian troops →	notableEngagement
Battle of Brandywine ("Battle of Brandywine Creek") →	alsoKnownAs
Queen's Rangers →	engagement
British occupation of Philadelphia →	significantEvent