Battle+of+Germantown+Period+One

Claudia Marsh- Period 1 Mr. Muller
 * The Battle of Germantown**


 * =====The Battle of Germantown was fought on Saturday, October 4th in 1777 during the American Revolution War. =====
 * =====The Battle of Germantown was fought North of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. =====
 * =====Washington led 11,000 men into battle and 152 (30 officers and 122 men) were killed and 521 were wounded (117 officers and 404 men) =====
 * =====The British led 9,000 men into battle and 71 were killed and 444 were wounded =====
 * =====The leaders for the US Colonies were George Washington and Nathanael Greene. The leaders for Great Britain were Lord Charles Cornwallis, Sir William Howe, and Wilhelm von Knyphausen. =====
 * =====The armies/navies were from America and the other side were from Britain; 11,000 Americans against 8,000 British and Hessians. =====
 * =====A few facts about this battle are that American morale was not altered and remained high because the men under Greene and Wayne forced the British to retreat and because the battle faltered only when Wayne's men were mistakenly attacked by Stephen's men. Also, Washington's plan to attack the British camp failed because it was a complicated plan that required coordination between the four attacking groups, but the fact that it almost worked gave Washington's men and the rest of the American army more confidence in themselves. =====
 * =====The outcome of the battle was that the British won although failing to follow up the success, allowing Washington to remove and correct his army behind fortified positions. The significance of this battle to the outcome of the war was that British victory in this battle ensured that Philadelphia was the capital of the self-proclaimed United States of America, would remain in British hands throughout the winter of 1777–1778. =====