Battle of Quaker Hill

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The Battle of Quaker Hill was a 1778 American Revolutionary War engagement on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, involving Continental, British, and Hessian forces during the failed allied Franco-American attempt to retake Newport.

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
AmericanCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
AmericanStrength approximately 8,000–10,000 troops at start of campaign ⓘ
belligerent France (allied but not engaged in main land battle) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hesse-Cassel NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
BritishCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
BritishStrength approximately 6,000 troops (including Hessians) ⓘ
campaignObjective to retake Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
cause American attempt to besiege British-held Newport ⓘ
combatant British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hessian auxiliaries NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhode Island state troops NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander Francis Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Mitchell Varnum NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Glover NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nathanael Greene NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robert Pigot NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical markers in Rhode Island ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States (present-day) NERFINISHED ⓘ
date August 29, 1778 ⓘ
followedBy American evacuation of Aquidneck Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
involved Franco-American alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
French fleet under Comte d’Estaing ⓘ
location Aquidneck Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAspect participation of African American and Native American soldiers in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment ⓘ
notableUnit 1st Rhode Island Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective to dislodge British garrison from Newport ⓘ
partOf Rhode Island campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy French fleet arrival under Comte d’Estaing off Newport ⓘ
presentDaySite near Portsmouth, Rhode Island ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Newport NERFINISHED ⓘ
departure of French fleet due to storm damage and British threat ⓘ
result strategic British victory ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
strategicConsequence American forces withdrew from Aquidneck Island ⓘ
British retained control of Newport ⓘ
terrain hilly ground around Quaker Hill ⓘ
typeOfEngagement rear-guard action ⓘ
withdrawal under pressure ⓘ
year 1778 ⓘ

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Battle of Rhode Island → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Quaker Hill ⓘ