Citation - Connecticut Journal: 1778.02.18

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Index Entry Drummers, in Brandywine, British casualties 
Location Brandywine 
Citation
CJ-NH.778.011
18 Feb 1778:31 (540)
. . . [7 lines introduction] Return of the killed, wounded,
and missing in the general engagement with the rebel army,
on the heights of Brandywine, Sept. 11, 1777.  British.  3
captains, 5 lieutenants, 5 serjeants, 68 rank and file,
killed; 1 lieut. col. 1 major, 16 captains, 22 lieutenants,
5 ensigns, 35 serjeants, 4 drummers, 372 rank and file
wounded; 6 rank and file missing. . .[6 more lines listing
foreign casualties and captured goods]
  Return of the killed, wounded and missing, in the
engagement at Germantown, in Pennsylvania, on the 4th day of
October, 1777. Total British. 2 lieut. Colonies, 2 ensigns,
7 serjeants, 1 drummer, 58 rank and file, killed.  1
lieutenant colonel, 6 captains, 13 lieutenants, 10 ensigns,
23 serjeants, 1 drummer, 372 rank and file, wounded.  1
captain, 17 rank and file missing. . . [10 more lines
listing Hessian and dragoon casualties plus casualties
suffered on 20th Sept] 
  Return of the killed, wounded, prisoners and missing,
during an excursion to Jersey, from the 12th to the 16th of
September, 1777.  3, rank and file killed; 1 lieutenant, 17
rank and file wounded; 1 drummer, 9 rank and file missing; 5
rank and file taken prisoners.  Lieutenant Haymer, of the
7th regiment, wounded. 
  Return of the killed, wounded and missing; of the troops 
in the storm of Forts Clinton and Montgomery, October 6,
1777.  Total. 1 lieut Colonel, 2 majors, 1 captain, 2
lieutenants, 1 ensign, 3 serjeants, 30 rank and file,
killed; 4 captains, 5 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 4 serjeants, 1
drummer, 126 rank and file, wounded; 5 rank and file
missing. . . [3 lines]


Generic Title Connecticut Journal 
Date 1778.02.18 
Publisher Green, Thomas and Samuel 
City, State New Haven, CT 
Year 1778 
Bibliography B0015134
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