called "Paoli Massacre" by Americans due to high number of American casualties and bayonet wounds

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The Battle of Paoli was a 1777 nighttime surprise attack during the American Revolutionary War in which British forces routed Continental troops in Pennsylvania, later remembered by Americans as a brutal and lopsided defeat.

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instanceOf battle ⓘ
event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Massacre at Paoli ⓘ
linked to: Paoli Massacre

Paoli Massacre ⓘ
AmericanCommander Brigadier General Anthony Wayne ⓘ
linked to: Anthony Wayne
associatedWith Continental Army encampments near Paoli ⓘ
defense of Philadelphia ⓘ
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
BritishCommander Major General Charles Grey ⓘ
casualties high American casualties ⓘ
causeOfNickname high number of American casualties and bayonet wounds ⓘ
characterization brutal and lopsided defeat for American forces ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
commander Anthony Wayne ⓘ
Charles Grey ⓘ
commemoratedBy Paoli Battlefield Historical Park ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country United States (present-day) ⓘ
county Chester County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
culturalMemory remembered as a massacre despite being a military engagement ⓘ
date September 20–21, 1777 ⓘ
followedBy British capture of Philadelphia ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
legacy symbol of British brutality in American memory ⓘ
location near Paoli, Pennsylvania ⓘ
memorial Paoli Battlefield Historic Site ⓘ
natureOfAttack nighttime surprise attack ⓘ
notableFeature limited use of musket fire by British troops ⓘ
notableFor stealth approach and surprise on sleeping American troops ⓘ
partOf Philadelphia campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Brandywine ⓘ
primaryWeaponUsedByBritish bayonet ⓘ
region Mid-Atlantic Colonies ⓘ
linked to: Middle Colonies
rememberedAs Paoli Massacre by Americans ⓘ
linked to: Paoli Massacre
result British victory ⓘ
state Pennsylvania ⓘ
strategicObjective disrupt and destroy Wayne’s division ⓘ
surpriseAttack true ⓘ
tacticsUsed bayonet attack ⓘ
night assault ⓘ
theater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
timeOfDay night ⓘ
typeOfEngagement infantry engagement ⓘ
year 1777 ⓘ

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Battle of Paoli → nicknameOrigin → called "Paoli Massacre" by Americans due to high number of American casualties and bayonet wounds ⓘ