Battle of Wyoming

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American Revolutionary War battle battle

The Battle of Wyoming was a 1778 American Revolutionary War clash in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley in which British forces and their Iroquois allies devastated local Patriot militia and settlers.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Wyoming canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Revolutionary War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Wyoming Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming Massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Butler's Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ Iroquois–British alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	British provincial troops ⓘ Continental Army-aligned forces ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Iroquois NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ Loyalist forces ⓘ Mohawk NERFINISHED ⓘ Patriot militia ⓘ Seneca NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualtiesAndLosses	heavy Patriot casualties ⓘ hundreds of Patriot militiamen killed ⓘ relatively light British and Iroquois casualties ⓘ
cause	British strategy to devastate frontier Patriot settlements ⓘ Iroquois alliance with British forces ⓘ
commander	John Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Denison NERFINISHED ⓘ Zebulon Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	1778-07-03 ⓘ
describedAs	devastating defeat for local Patriot militia ⓘ massacre of American settlers ⓘ
effect	increased anti-Iroquois sentiment among American colonists ⓘ used as Patriot propaganda ⓘ widespread fear on the American frontier ⓘ
followedBy	Cherry Valley massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAftermath	abandonment of many settlements in Wyoming Valley ⓘ
historicalRegion	Wyoming Valley, Susquehanna River NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspired	calls for retaliation against Iroquois villages ⓘ
location	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyoming Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTheater	frontier warfare ⓘ
notableEvent	destruction of settlements in Wyoming Valley ⓘ massacre of captured and fleeing Patriot militiamen ⓘ
partOf	American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	raids in the Wyoming Valley ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
strength	approximately 1,100 Patriot militia and settlers ⓘ several hundred Loyalist and Iroquois warriors ⓘ
year	1778 ⓘ

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

Wyoming Valley → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Wyoming ⓘ

Lieutenant Colonel John Butler → participatedIn → Battle of Wyoming ⓘ

subject surface form: John Butler