The Battle of Germantown

1. The Battle of Germantown By Ben Crystal, Josh Leski, Melody Wangwu

2. Here is a map of Germantown.

3. Generals Involved in the Battle Patriots Regulars George Washington John Sullivan William Alexander William Smallwood Nathanael Greene William Howe Charles Cornwallis Wilhelm Knyphausen

4. General Information • The battle of Germantown was fought on October 4th, 1777 • Fought in Germantown, Pennsylvania • Part of the American Revolution War • Patriots had the strength of 11,000 • Regular had the strength of 9,000

5. Who won the Battle? This panting depicts the British triumph.  • The British won the battle of Germantown. • This was due to a major confusion of colonists, whereas they fired upon other colonists by accident. • British victory at the Battle of Brandywing in 9-11-1777

6. Importance of the Battle of Germantown • Representatives from Prussia attended the battle. • Prussians and the French decided to alliance with the Patriots due to the fact that they saw potential in the American side. • The French ended up attacking British naval ships to disrupt the British naval presence in the colonies.

7. Our Humorous Recounting of the Battle • “In North Philadelphia, John Sullivan’s left hand general was blatantly under the influence of alcomohall. He showed up to the battle VERY tipsy (borderline drunk, for real). His guys were like “We izgonna’ shoot all you Lobsters!” When his column was done pushing the regghies to their camp, along came General Nathanael Greene. He was all like, “Hey! Look! There’s still people over there!” And his dawg be awl up in his grizzle yo’ like, “Yo’, shoot at disgah, he ate mah’ fruitsnacks!” So Da Lobsters went in for a counterattack and got him.” ~Psalms 22:B-hizzle

8. Now for a “Real” Humorous Recounting… • General John Sullivan was given the task to catch the British by surprise and make them go back to the main British army. • One of John Sullivan’s columns, commanded by General Nathanael Greene, arrived late to the battle. • Two other American columns saw Greene’s group, and they began to fire at each other. The “friendly fire” was led by General Adam Steven, due to the fact that he was drunk and their field of view was obscured by the smoke created by their guns. By the time they realized that this was friendly fire, the British Regulars counterattacked, and they were forced to retreat.

9. Below- Here is the American perspective, attacking the British “Chew House” Above- Here are the British defending the “Chew House”