The Battle of Bennington was fought during the American War Of Independence near the village of Bennington, on August the 16th, 1777. The British general John Burgoyne, on his march south from Canada to join another British force at Albany, sent 800 Hessian dragoons and Indians, placed under the command of the German colonel Friedrich Baum, to capture the American supply base at Bennington. Detachments of the Vermont and New Hampshire militia decisively defeated the British forces, including reinforcements dispatched by Burgoyne after the battle had begun. British casualties were 207 killed and wounded - including Baum, who died two days later - and 600 men taken prisoner; American casualties were 14 killed and 12 wounded. Research Battle of Bennington
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