Revolutionary War_Northern Campaign_Battle of Brandywine, PA

1777 Sept 9–11th. The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe. The forces tangled near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. More troops fought at Brandywine than any other battle of the American Revolution fought in one day! The American capital was in Philadelphia and so the British moved on that city, forcing a rout of the Continental Army to withdraw to Chester, then Philadelphia.