Battle of Newtown

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The Battle of Newtown was a pivotal 1779 Revolutionary War engagement in which American forces under General John Sullivan decisively defeated a combined British and Iroquois force, crippling Iroquois resistance in upstate New York.

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Battle of Newtown canonical 6
Battle of Newtown, New York 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Newtown, New York ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Newtown
AmericanForcesComposition Continental Army troops and militia ⓘ
associatedPeople Brigadier General James Clinton ⓘ
Lieutenant Colonel John Butler ⓘ
Major General John Sullivan ⓘ
Mohawk leader Joseph Brant ⓘ
linked to: Joseph Brant
belligerent Continental Army ⓘ
Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Loyalist forces ⓘ
United States ⓘ
campaignObjective punish and neutralize Iroquois and Loyalist bases used for raids on frontier settlements ⓘ
casualtiesAmerican relatively light ⓘ
casualtiesOpposing heavier than American casualties ⓘ
combatant American Patriots ⓘ
British regulars ⓘ
Iroquois warriors ⓘ
Loyalist rangers ⓘ
commander James Clinton ⓘ
John Butler ⓘ
John Sullivan ⓘ
Joseph Brant ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date August 29, 1779 ⓘ
followedBy destruction of Iroquois towns in the Finger Lakes and Genesee regions ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
location Chemung County, New York ⓘ
near present-day Elmira, New York ⓘ
memorial Newtown Battlefield State Park ⓘ
notableFeature involved coordinated artillery and infantry assault by American forces ⓘ
largest battle of the Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
opposingForcesComposition British rangers and Iroquois warriors in defensive positions ⓘ
partOf Sullivan Expedition ⓘ
precededBy earlier skirmishes of the Sullivan Expedition in 1779 ⓘ
region upstate New York ⓘ
result decisive American victory ⓘ
siteDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark ⓘ
stateHistoricSite Newtown Battlefield Reservation ⓘ
strategicSignificance crippled Iroquois resistance in upstate New York ⓘ
enabled systematic destruction of Iroquois villages and crops ⓘ
secured the western flank of the United States during the Revolutionary War ⓘ
strengthAmerican approximately 3,000–5,000 troops ⓘ
strengthOpposing approximately 800–1,200 men ⓘ
theater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
year 1779 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sullivan Expedition → battle → Battle of Newtown ⓘ
Newtown Battlefield State Park → namedAfter → Battle of Newtown ⓘ
Battle of Newtown → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Newtown, New York ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Newtown
Newtown Battlefield Monument → commemorates → Battle of Newtown ⓘ
Sullivan–Clinton campaign → hasPart → Battle of Newtown ⓘ