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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:aftermath
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boosted American morale
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gptkbp:casualties
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American casualties approximately 200
British casualties approximately 300
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gptkbp:combatants
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gptkb:United_States
gptkb:tree
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_William_Tryon
General Benedict Arnold
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gptkbp:date
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April 27, 1777
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gptkbp:followed_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Stony_Point
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gptkbp:historical_context
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part of the larger campaign against British forces in New England
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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first major battle in Connecticut during the war
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Ridgefield
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gptkbp:involved_units
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gptkb:British_2nd_Battalion_of_the_71st_Highlanders
gptkb:American_Continental_Army
gptkb:Connecticut_militia
British 54th Regiment of Foot
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gptkbp:is_celebrated_in
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gptkb:Ridgefield_Battle_Monument
gptkb:Ridgefield_Historical_Society
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gptkbp:key_figures
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gptkb:Joseph_Spencer
gptkb:Lord_Germain
gptkb:William_Heath
gptkb:Henry_Clinton
gptkb:Lafayette
gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkb:Samuel_H._Parsons
gptkb:James_Clinton
gptkb:John_A._Sullivan
gptkb:Benedict_Arnold
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Daniel_Morgan
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Gage
gptkb:Henry_Knox
gptkb:Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:Ethan_Allen
gptkb:William_Tryon
gptkb:John_Stark
gptkb:Israel_Putnam
gptkb:Charles_Lee
gptkb:William_Howe
gptkb:Richard_Montgomery
gptkb:Nathanael_Greene
gptkb:Philip_Schuyler
gptkb:John_Glover
gptkb:John_Burgoyne
gptkb:David_Wooster
gptkb:John_Andre
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Ridgefield,_Connecticut
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gptkbp:outcome
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retreat of British forces
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gptkbp:part_of
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gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:Battle_of_Danbury
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gptkbp:related_event
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gptkb:Danbury_Raid
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gptkbp:result
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American victory
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gptkbp:significance
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disruption of British supply lines
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gptkbp:strategic_importance
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prevented British control of Connecticut
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gptkbp:tactics
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gptkb:political_movement
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Battle_of_Danbury
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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