The Battle of Brandywine (Pennsylvania): After three days of fighting, Lieutenant General William Howe, commanding 14,000 regulars of the Army of Great Britain, defeats the Continental Army, commanded by General George Washington.

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References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 23.

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