British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland

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event in the American Revolutionary War military landing operation

The British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland was a key 1777 disembarkation of British troops during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War, serving as a staging point for subsequent operations into Pennsylvania and Delaware.

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Label	Occurrences
British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ military landing operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British landing at Elk River ⓘ British landing at Head of Elk NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignTheater	Middle Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Charles Cornwallis NERFINISHED ⓘ George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ William Howe NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Province of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1777 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Brandywine NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Clouds NERFINISHED ⓘ British advance toward Philadelphia ⓘ Paoli massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	British strategy to isolate New England and capture key American cities ⓘ
historicalRegion	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedForce	British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Hessian auxiliaries NERFINISHED ⓘ Loyalist units ⓘ
location	Cecil County, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ Head of Elk, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryObjective	establish secure beachhead in Maryland ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Chesapeake Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	support British capture of Philadelphia ⓘ
opponent	Continental Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Continental Army scouts NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Philadelphia campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	British campaign in the Chesapeake NERFINISHED ⓘ British capture of Philadelphia ⓘ
result	successful British disembarkation ⓘ
riverSystem	Elk River NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	enabled British overland march toward Philadelphia ⓘ threatened American defenses in Pennsylvania and Delaware ⓘ
strategicRole	staging point for operations into Delaware ⓘ staging point for operations into Pennsylvania ⓘ
typeOfOperation	amphibious landing ⓘ
usedTransport	British warships ⓘ Royal Navy transports NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Battle of Cooch’s Bridge → precededBy → British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland ⓘ