. A history of Pennsylvania. ices in aid of the young republic. The Battle of Brandy wine;**Paoli Massacre.* — Thetwo armies met SeptemberII, 1777, at Chadds Ford onthe Brandy wine Creek, aboutfifteen miles north of Wil-mington, Delaware. It was awell-contested though un-equal battle. Washingtonseleven thousand men couldnot be expected to cope withHowes seventeen Americans were drivenfrom the field, but were notbadly defeated, for it tookHowe two weeks to marchover the twenty-six miles toPhiladelphia. As all theboats and bridges on theSchuylkill River had beenremoved, Howe was com
. A history of Pennsylvania. ices in aid of the young republic. The Battle of Brandy wine;**Paoli Massacre.* — Thetwo armies met SeptemberII, 1777, at Chadds Ford onthe Brandy wine Creek, aboutfifteen miles north of Wil-mington, Delaware. It was awell-contested though un-equal battle. Washingtonseleven thousand men couldnot be expected to cope withHowes seventeen Americans were drivenfrom the field, but were notbadly defeated, for it tookHowe two weeks to marchover the twenty-six miles toPhiladelphia. As all theboats and bridges on theSchuylkill River had beenremoved, Howe was compelled to go up the river as far asSwedes Ford, now Norristown. General Anthony Wayne,who was stationed at Paoli with some troops to guard theapproach to Swedes Ford, was surprised by Howe at night,and about three hundred were put to death with the bayonet,the rest escaping. This is known as the Paoli few days later Howe crossed the Schuylkill, and on Sep-tember 26th marched into Philadelphia without Court House, York, Pa. Occupied by the ContinentalCongress, 17 77-17 78 PENNSYLVANIA IN THE REVOLUTION 147
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