Battle of Bemis Heights (1777 AD)

Battle of Bemis Heights (Side A vs Quebec & Hesse-Kassel & Hesse-Hanau & Brunswick–Lüneburg) took place in 1777 AD during American Revolutionary War.

Battle facts

• Year: 1777 AD
• Date: 1777-10-07
• Era: Early Modern
• Conflict: American Revolutionary War
• Side B: Quebec, Hesse-Kassel, Hesse-Hanau, Brunswick–Lüneburg
• Commanders (A): Horatio Gates, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Lincoln, Enoch Poor, Ebenezer Learned
• Commanders (B): John Burgoyne, Simon Fraser, William Phillips, Friedrich Adolf Riedesel, Heinrich von Breymann
• Casualties: approx. 90 killed 240 wounded440 killed 695 wounded 6,222 captured
• Outcome: American victory Freeman's Farm: British victory Bemis Heights: American victory Burgoyne's surrender: October 17
• Coordinates: 42.938°, -73.653°

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