BATTLE OF RED BANK

BY: Norman Santana Aubert, Sophia Elisabeth Thompson, Vanessa Jazmin

Trujillo, and Isabela Rodriguez Romero.
 BY: Sophia Elisabeth
Thompson

In Charge
Locations

Christopher Greene, John

The battle started at Fort Mercer, an
Hazelwood, and Carl Donop earthen fort constructed on the
bluffs of Red Bank on the Jersey side
were one of many men in
of the Delaware River. Thaddeus
charge of leading in the battle Kosciuszko, a Polish engineer who
. also built the defenses at West Point,
provided direction for the Fort's
initial layout.
 What happened/Strategies used on both BY: Norman santana
sides Aubert

The battle of red bank was a battle fought during the american
revolutionary war, it took place on october 22, 1777. What happened
was a British and Hessian army was dispatched to attack Fort Mercer
on the Delaware River's left bank (or New Jersey side) immediately
south of Philadelphia, but was severely beaten by a far inferior number
of Colonial defenders. (Hessians were German soldiers who served as
auxiliaries to the British army during the American revolutionary war).
Six days after his troops marched into Philadelphia, the British
campaign to clear the Delaware River of American forces began. They
authorized an attack on Fort Billingsport while still in Germantown.
The New Jersey militia garrison spiked its weapons, set fire to the
barracks, and escaped just before the British invasion. They hacked
through the chevaux, allowing the British ships to pass. The americans
strategy was to try and deny the British use of the city by blockading
the delaware river.
CASUALTIES AND OUTCOMES

During the Battle of Red Bank, where Fort Mercer was

successfully defended by the outnumbered 500 American
men from Rhode Island and the New Jersey Militia against
roughly 2,000 British and Hessian troops, the Hessians may
have lost as many as 377 casualties. There were only 14
American deaths.

BY: Vanessa Jazmin Trujillo

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WAR
The significance of the war red bank is Although the
British did take Fort Mercer a month later, the victory
supplied a sorely-needed morale boost to the American
cause, delayed British plans to consolidate gains in
Philadelphia, and relieved pressure on General George
Washington's army to the north of the city.

( The attack on Fort Mercer, also known as the battle

of Red bank, which was a huge victory for the americans.
They defeated over 2,000 english and hessian soldiers.
Hessians were german soldiers who fought with the british.
No one expected the Americans to win but their fort saved
the day! )
BY: Isabela Rodriguez Romero
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