✦ History

Part of American Revolutionary War

Battle of Bennington

August 16, 1777 · Battle of Bennington

Result American victory

John Stark's New England militia destroyed Baum's foraging detachment from Burgoyne's army.

On the map Contemporaries

American

British

United States
Great Britain
Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick-Lüneburg
John Stark military commander Seth Warner military commander
Friedrich Baum military commander Heinrich von Breymann military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
30
Wounded
40
Killed
207
Captured
700

Units

Baum's detachment