Battle of Quaker Hill

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The Battle of Quaker Hill was a 1778 American Revolutionary War engagement on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, involving Continental, British, and Hessian forces during the failed allied Franco-American attempt to retake Newport.

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instanceOf American Revolutionary War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Rhode Island ⓘ
AmericanCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
AmericanStrength approximately 8,000–10,000 troops at start of campaign ⓘ
belligerent France (allied but not engaged in main land battle) ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Hesse-Cassel ⓘ
linked to: Hesse-Kassel

United States ⓘ
BritishCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
BritishStrength approximately 6,000 troops (including Hessians) ⓘ
campaignObjective to retake Newport, Rhode Island ⓘ
cause American attempt to besiege British-held Newport ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ
Rhode Island state troops ⓘ
commander Francis Smith ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg ⓘ
James Mitchell Varnum ⓘ
John Glover ⓘ
John Sullivan ⓘ
Nathanael Greene ⓘ
Robert Pigot ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical markers in Rhode Island ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States (present-day) ⓘ
date August 29, 1778 ⓘ
followedBy American evacuation of Aquidneck Island ⓘ
involved Franco-American alliance ⓘ
French fleet under Comte d’Estaing ⓘ
location Aquidneck Island ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
notableAspect participation of African American and Native American soldiers in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment ⓘ
notableUnit 1st Rhode Island Regiment ⓘ
objective to dislodge British garrison from Newport ⓘ
partOf Rhode Island campaign ⓘ
precededBy French fleet arrival under Comte d’Estaing off Newport ⓘ
presentDaySite near Portsmouth, Rhode Island ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Newport ⓘ
departure of French fleet due to storm damage and British threat ⓘ
result strategic British victory ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
strategicConsequence American forces withdrew from Aquidneck Island ⓘ
British retained control of Newport ⓘ
terrain hilly ground around Quaker Hill ⓘ
typeOfEngagement rear-guard action ⓘ
withdrawal under pressure ⓘ
year 1778 ⓘ

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Battle of Rhode Island → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Quaker Hill ⓘ