Battle+of+White+Plains

= **Battle of White Plains ** = =  = The Battle of White Plains took place on October 28, 1776

The armies were the colonists and the British.
===Spencer’s Division (New England), Hazlet’s Delaware Regiment, McDougall’s 1st New York, Ritzema’s 3rd New York, Smallwood’s Maryland Regiment, Webb’s Connecticut Regiment, Brook’s New York militia and Graham’s Massachusetts militia. For the British, The Second Brigade comprising: 5th, 28th, 35th and 49th Regiments of Foot and the 16th Light Dragoons. Rahl’s Regiment of Hessians and further unidentified Hessian Regiments. ===

What happened/facts about the battle:
A battle in the Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776 at White Plains, New York. British and Hessian forces under Gen. Sir William Howe met American forces under Gen. George Washington after each had spent some days gathering. The Americans were outnumbered and eventually retreated. ===The was no real victor of this battle. Both sides drew out, but the casualties of the colonists were 300 peoples and for the British was 313 peoples. ===

===**What was the significance of the battle to the outcome of the war? **=== =**Sarah Bradshaw** =

=== > //My Revolutionary War//. Genalogy Inc., 2010. 9/29/10.
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