Battle of Trenton

Delaware Crossing

December 25, 1776 George Washington decides to act in the method of the surprise after the British and German troops celebrated their Christmas Night. The Delaware Crossing was when Washington and his men moved out to through the semi-frozen water in the river.






Size of the armies: 2,400 American troops with 18 guns. 1,400 Hessians with 6 light guns.
This fight was taken in with silence and stealth that is why they sent few weapons
Casualties: The only American casualties were the wounds recieved to Cpt. William Washington and Lt. James Monroe. It is said that in addition two American soldiers froze to death. The Hessians suffered 20 killed and around 100 wounded. 1,000 were captured.

Streets of Trenton

The Germans tried to get into the town but they failed since the Patriots were firing heavy artillery over them from the cannons commanded by Cpt. Alexander Hamilton. Colonel Rahl suffered the gun-firing of the Patriots on the way of his getaway, he was sentenced with a fatal shot and surrendered in hands of Washington.

Washington ordering to open fire

The Capture of New York

A British strategic movement that they thought that the American Army would retreat since New York represented a Headquarter or second capital.
The capturing of New York is known as the Battle of Long Island it took place in the year of 1776 the 27th of August.
Combatants: British and the American Continental Army
Generals: Major General Lord Howe and General George Washington
Size of the armies in battle: 20,000 British and Hessian Troops and around 10,000 Americans
Winner: The British drove the Americans from Brooklyn and forced them to evacuate New York

Troop Fromations

Washington had in mind that Howe would attack again after the defeat in Boston of 1776, when the Patriots gained Boston. The British crossed the river until they got to Long Island. The Patriots could hold them but the British received reinforcements in the head was Major General Clinton with more Redcoats that doubled the number of Patriots.

Clinton's Reinforcements

Casualties: British casualties were around 400 while the Americans lost around 2,000 and several guns.

George Washington

Siege of Fort Ticonderoga

From the aftermath from this battle came the backup cannons that helped in the recapture of Boston and removing the British soldiers and loyalists that were inside the city.
This battle took place in the year of 1777 the 6th of July.

-Place: Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain, New York State in the United States of America.
-Combatants: British, Hessians and Brunswickers against the American Colonists.
-Generals: Major General John Burgoyne commanded the British and Major General Arthur St Clair commanded the American troops.
-Size of the armies: 7,213 regular British, Hessian and Brunswick troops, a varying but large contingent of Native Americans and some 150 Canadians against some 3,000 American troops.
Winner: The British when the Americans escaped to avoid a bloodbath.
Casualties: Casualties were only a few dozen on each side.

Map of the British and German movement

St. Clair, savior of the Fort's men

General St. Clair stated that the retreat was necessary to avoid a great number of casualties of valuable guns and men that in the future battles hepled with all they had.

Battle of Bunker Hill

A briefing of the following battle in the Revolutionary War:
-Date: 17 June 1775
-Place: On the Charlestown Peninsula on the North side of Boston Harbour.

Map of the Battle Bunker Hill

-Combatants: British troops of the Boston garrison against troops of the American Continental Army.
-Generals: Major General Howe against General Artemas Ward and General Israel Putnam
-Size of the armies: 2,400 Redcoats against 1,500 Americans
-Combatants: British grenadiers, light infantry and battalion companies.
American militia with muskets or light firearms found.

British Redcoats and Grenadiers uniform

-Casualties: The British suffered some 1,150 killed and wounded or nearly half of the force engaged. The American casualties were estimated at 450 killed and wounded.
-Follow-up: The British took over the Bunker and Breed’s Hill positions and fortified them, holding them until they evacuated Boston at the end of the year. The battle was the first action for the Continental Army and showed how much work there was to be done in moulding an effective army. While most of the soldiers in the entrenched works fought tenaciously, the intended reinforcements on Bunker Hill refused to advance to the support of their comrades and there was the greatest confusion between the officers.
-Winner: While the British drove the Americans from the Charlestown peninsula it was with heavy loss. The battle was at the time considered to be an American defeat but has since been lifted to the ranks of a heroic stands against forces of oppression.

A More direct view to the Battle of Bunker Hill

Gnl. Warren in the arms of a Patriot comrade

Duringg the battle of Bunker Hill, in its climax, the General Warren was Killed in Action while they retreated after the turmoil in Breed's Hill Ward.