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On August 27 George Washington’s young army of 9,000 faced an attack by over 20,000 well-armed and experienced British and Hessian troops. Outnumbered and outmaneuvered, the American resistance was overpowered.
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BATTLEFIELD
Aug 27, 1776
HISTORIC PEOPLE
George Washington
Commander-in-Chief
Charles Lee
Major General
John Sullivan
Major General
Nathaniel Greene
Major General
William Alexander
Major General
Thomas Mifflin
Major General
Adam Stephen
Major General
John Cadwalader
Colonel
John Haslet
Colonel
William Smallwood
Major General
Henry Knox
Major General
Mordecai Gist
Brigadier General
Thomas Knowlton
Colonel
Alexander Hamilton
Lt Colonel
Robert Magaw
Lt Colonel
Joseph Reed
Delegate
William Stephens Smith
Lt Colonel
William Howe
Lieutenant General
Henry Clinton
Lieutenant General
Charles Cornwallis
Major General
Francis Smith
Major General
William Erskine
Brigadier General
Hugh Percy
Brigadier General
James Grant
Colonel
Charles Mawhood
Lieutenant Colonel
Robert Abercromby
Lieutenant Colonel