Battle of Monmouth

June 28, 1778 · Freehold

Result Inconclusive

28 June 1778: Washington's Continental Army faced General Sir Henry Clinton's British forces near Freehold, New Jersey, in the last battle of the Philadelphia campaign. It followed Washington's winter rebuild at Valley Forge and the February 1778 French-American alliance that tilted the strategic balance toward the Americans.

American

British

Strength and losses

Strength
14,300
Strength
17,660
Casualties
358
Guns
16

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