Battle+of+Germantown

=**__Battle of Germantown__**=

The Battle of Germantown was an American against British and Hessian forces. There were 11,000 American troops and just 9,000 British and Hessian troops. There were 1073 killed, captured, or wounded colonials while there were only 521 British and Hessian troops killed, captured, or wounded. The Battle of Germantown was fought in Germantown, Pennsylvania approximately 30 miles north-west of Philadelphia.The battle of Germantown was fought on October 4, 1777. The fighting started around six- miles north-west of Germantown. Washington's plan was to take back the colonial capital of Philadelphia. He planed to make this much like the, he wanted to surprise the British troops and catch them off guard early in the morning. His plan was to move early in the morning and catch the British off guard. His plan failed though due to the fog early in the morning that two divisions got lost in. Washington had the English on the run until there was a communications error between the columns and two of them got lost. Washington was hoping for another battle like the Battle of Trenton but had not as much success due to his troops getting lost and the lack of communication. Without communication two of the four columns attacked the British without hearing anything from the other two columns. One of those columns was General Nathanial Greene's columns. The loss of the Battle of Germantown was believed to be a defeat due to bad luck, not poor tactics.



**__Leaders of the Battle of Germantown__**
The commander of the patriot troops was [|General George Washington]. George Washington was commander and chief of the [|Continental Army] from 1775 to 1783. General Washington used unconventional tactics of war to fight the [|British]. Since the English had a larger fighting force Washington was forced to not play by their rules. Washington was involved in the [|French Indian War], where he gained most of his leadership skills later for the Revolutionary War. He was a part of the main reason why Americans were doing so well in the war, he donated money for the troops so they could have the means to fight [|King George]'s war.

**__General George Washington__**
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**__Major General William Howe__**
[|General William Howe]joined the English army in 1746, he was a commander of a [|Light Dragoon Battalion]. Much like Washington he gained most of his experience in the French Indian War. William Howe believed in conventional European warfare. [|Conventional European Warfare] was caught in a open field. Howe had the man power and the resources to fight like this unlike the [|colonists]. Howe believed warfare was to be caught by gentlemen for gentlemen. If it wasn't for Howe and his military experience the American [|War for Independence] would have been much easier.

**__Reenactment of Germantown__**
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