Battle of Bennington

When

16 Aug 1777

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

42.94° N, 73.30° W

Description

1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War

1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Bennington was fought on August 16, 1777, in Walloomsac, New York during the Saratoga campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Taking place approximately 10 miles (16 km) from its namesake, Bennington, Vermont, the battle was fought between an American force of 2,000–2,500 men under Brigadier General John Stark and Lieutenant Colonel Seth Warner and a mostly Hessian and Loyalist force of 1,350–1,450…

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “American Revolutionary War – Battle of Bennington: British and Brunswicker forces are decisively defeated by American troops at Walloomsac, New York”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Bennington besiegen die amerikanischen Milizen Einheiten der englischen Truppen, darunter hessische Soldaten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Bennington”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение при Беннингтоне”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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