The Battle of Brandywine

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:aftermath Continental Army retreated to Chester, Pennsylvania
gptkbp:casualties approximately 1,000 for the Continental Army
approximately 600 for the British Army
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Continental_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:General_George_Washington
gptkb:General_William_Howe
gptkbp:date September 11, 1777
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown
gptkbp:historical_context part of the Philadelphia campaign
gptkbp:historical_impact boosted British morale
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Battle of Brandywine
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in gptkb:Brandywine_Battlefield_Park
annual reenactments
gptkbp:landscape wooded and hilly
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chadds_Ford,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:Marquis_de_Lafayette
gptkb:General_Anthony_Wayne
gptkb:General_Charles_Cornwallis
gptkb:General_John_Andre
gptkb:General_John_Glover
gptkb:General_William_Phillips
gptkb:General_Henry_Clinton
gptkb:General_John_Sullivan
gptkb:General_William_Howe
gptkb:General_Edward_Hand
gptkb:General_John_Burgoyne
gptkb:General_Thomas_Gage
gptkb:General_William_Alexander
gptkb:General_Charles_Grey
gptkb:General_James_Grant
gptkb:General_Lord_Cornwallis
gptkb:General_Nathanael_Greene
gptkb:General_Richard_Prescott
gptkb:General_Thomas_Mifflin
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_the_Brandywine_Creek
gptkbp:primary_source historical analyses
letters from participants
gptkbp:related_event gptkb:Siege_of_Fort_Mifflin
gptkb:Battle_of_Paoli
gptkbp:result British victory
gptkbp:significance allowed British forces to capture Philadelphia
gptkbp:strategic_importance control of Philadelphia
gptkbp:tactics flanking maneuvers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Trumbull
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4