Battle of Germantown
October 4, 1777 · Germantown
Result British victory
Battle of 4 October 1777 at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between Gen. Sir William Howe's British Army and Gen. George Washington's Continental Army. After Howe seized Philadelphia, Washington sent four columns to converge on the British; in heavy fog the attack collapsed amid friendly fire, repeated assaults on the barricaded Cliveden mansion failed with heavy casualties, and the Americans withdrew.
