The Battle of the Brandywine was fought on September the 11th, 1777 during the American War Of Independence, about 40 km south-west of Philadelphia. An army of 18,000 men, under General William Howe, then commander in chief of British forces in North America, reached American positions along Brandywine Creek during a march on Philadelphia. While a part of the British army made a frontal feint at General George Washington's force of about 11, 000 men near Chadds Ford, another force, under General George Cornwallis, struck the American right flank; George Washington subsequently ordered a withdrawal to Chester. Rearguard units blocked British pursuit, and Howe was unable to reach Philadelphia until September the 26th. British casualties totalled about 600; American, about 900 killed and wounded and 400 captured. Research Battle of the Brandywine
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