Battle of Gloucester (1777)
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For the 1775 naval skirmish near Gloucester, Massachusetts, see Battle of Gloucester (1775). For the 1781 action at Gloucester Point, Virginia, see Siege of Yorktown.
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought between November 25, 1777 and the early morning of November 26, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was the first battlefield command for the Marquis de Lafayette.
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Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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United States | |||||||
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Colonel Richard Butler | Lord Cornwallis | ||||||
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350 regulars and militia | 400 jägers | ||||||
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1 killed 5 wounded |
20 killed 20 wounded 20 captured |
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