Battle of Quaker Hill

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The Battle of Quaker Hill was a 1778 American Revolutionary War engagement on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, involving Continental, British, and Hessian forces during the failed allied Franco-American attempt to retake Newport.

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rhode Island
AmericanCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, or missing
AmericanStrength approximately 8,000–10,000 troops at start of campaign
belligerent France (allied but not engaged in main land battle)
Great Britain
Hesse-Cassel
linked to: Hesse-Kassel

United States
BritishCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, or missing
BritishStrength approximately 6,000 troops (including Hessians)
campaignObjective to retake Newport, Rhode Island
cause American attempt to besiege British-held Newport
combatant British Army
Continental Army
Hessian auxiliaries
Rhode Island state troops
commander Francis Smith
Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg
James Mitchell Varnum
John Glover
John Sullivan
Nathanael Greene
Robert Pigot
commemoratedBy historical markers in Rhode Island
conflict American Revolutionary War
country United States (present-day)
date August 29, 1778
followedBy American evacuation of Aquidneck Island
involved Franco-American alliance
French fleet under Comte d’Estaing
location Aquidneck Island
Rhode Island
notableAspect participation of African American and Native American soldiers in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment
notableUnit 1st Rhode Island Regiment
objective to dislodge British garrison from Newport
partOf Rhode Island campaign
precededBy French fleet arrival under Comte d’Estaing off Newport
presentDaySite near Portsmouth, Rhode Island
relatedEvent Siege of Newport
departure of French fleet due to storm damage and British threat
result strategic British victory
tactically inconclusive
strategicConsequence American forces withdrew from Aquidneck Island
British retained control of Newport
terrain hilly ground around Quaker Hill
typeOfEngagement rear-guard action
withdrawal under pressure
year 1778

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Battle of Rhode Island alsoKnownAs Battle of Quaker Hill