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A front view of Cliveden (or the Chew House) in which 120 British soldiers barricaded themselves during the Battle of Germantown (4 October 1777), slowing the American attack. Photo by Wikipedia user Djmaschek, 14 October 2011.

Portrait of Sir William Howe, British general during the American Revolutionary War. By Henry Bryan Hall, 1872. New York Public Library, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection.

Map depicting the initial movement of American troops at the Battle of Germantown (4 October 1777). U.S. Army Center of Military History.

The Americans laying siege to a stone mansion called Cliveden (or the Chew House) during the Battle of Germantown (4 October 1777). By Christian Schussele, before 1880. New York Public Library.

A depiction of the Battle of Paoli (known to the Americans as the Paoli Massacre) when, on the night of 20 September 1777, a party of British soldiers launched a surprise attack on an American encampment. By Xavier della Gatta, 1782. The...

Map depicting the Battle of Brandywine (11 September 1777). History Department of the United States Military Academy, 2010.

American troops hold back the British at the Battle of Brandywine (11 September 1777). Illustration in Scribner's magazine, vol. 23, June 1898, p. 711, by F. C. Yohn. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Marquis de Lafayette is wounded at the Battle of Brandywine (11 September 1777), his first major battle of the American Revolutionary War. Line engaving by Charles Henry Jeens, c. 19th century. Special Collections & College Archives...

The Nation Makers, depicting a scene from the Battle of Brandywine (11 September 1777), oil on canvas by Howard Pyle c. 1902. Brandywine Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

Lieutenant General John Burgoyne (1722-1792), a British military officer and playwright. Burgoyne is best known for leading the British army during the Saratoga Campaign (June-October 1777) during which he was defeated and forced to surrender...