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I'll revert "Patriot army" in favor of "American army," as patriot seem quite POV. POV from the other side might be "Rebel army," "Colonial army," or even "Traitor army." I'd think there is a community of American Revolutionary War editors who have probably dealt with this before. Rather than have an edit war, why not ask them if you disagree with my (unasked for) third opinion. Smallbones ( talk) 01:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I think there should be some mention towards the French involvement - could someone sort it out? as I am not an active editor anymore. Fattyjwoods Push my button 04:56, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Currently the stats box contains the figures from this sentence: One initial report by a British officer recorded American casualties at over 200 killed, around 750 wounded, and 400 unwounded prisoners taken.
Whether the stats box used part of the article when it was first written, and the following has been added, I don't know - but I'd say that a referenced official report is more reliable than an unreferenced "initial report" by an anonymous officer. The numbers are approximately right, and fairly equivalent if we assume that some of the approx 750 wounded may have subsequently died.
Therefore I'm changing the american casualty figures to those given in the following: Howe’s report to the British Secretary of War, Lord Germain, said that the Americans, “had about 300 men killed, 600 wounded, and near 400 made prisoners”.[2] 89.241.16.239 ( talk) 17:31, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
65.223.188.138 recently added the following adverbs to the description of the aftermath of the battle (the addition is in italics):
Although Howe had not really and truthfully defeated the American army, the unexpected resistance he had met prevented him from destroying it completely.
Seems like this is not correct; Howe did win the field and forced an American retreat, plus it becomes incongruent with the last half of the sentance. I would like to undo the change. Any thoughts or objections? Wkharrisjr ( talk) 16:18, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I have read wild variations in the numbers strength at other sources (e.g. Britannica) for both sides. Can there be a citation to reference the source for the numbers used in the article?
I'm currently reading Robert Middlekauff's The Glorious Cause and I'm surprised how much his summary of the battle differs here:
Thoughts? -- Sanananda ( talk) 11:27, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Apparently a skirmish at Trenton is 'decisive', yet a battle between 30,000 men, that ended in the rout of the defeated army and the capture of the rebel capital city, isn't...
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talk) 10:49, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
While Hesse-Kassel might have signed a treaty of alliance, wasn't this more for the only purpose of renting out troops to the British crown? Even if they wore the uniform of Hesse-Kassel, they were a type of mercenary force. I don't think in this circumstance the government of Hesse-Kassel would be considered a belligerent in the war as much a supplier. Wkharrisjr ( talk) 18:22, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
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It should be called the colonial army because they were fighting in the colonies.22:09, 9 December 2019 (UTC) 2600:1700:2BB1:2EC0:88CF:8A6E:6EE7:1FAD ( talk)
As far as I can tell, this battle was in Chester County, with part of the battlefield area later being taken by newly-established Delaware County. There is nowadays a small battlefield park on US 1 which is in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County. Carlm0404 ( talk) 18:49, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
was just mentioned on the old phil silvers show. he had a relative there. funny 2601:45:8000:58E0:AC73:52A0:1096:AD9 ( talk) 06:09, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
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I'll revert "Patriot army" in favor of "American army," as patriot seem quite POV. POV from the other side might be "Rebel army," "Colonial army," or even "Traitor army." I'd think there is a community of American Revolutionary War editors who have probably dealt with this before. Rather than have an edit war, why not ask them if you disagree with my (unasked for) third opinion. Smallbones ( talk) 01:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
I think there should be some mention towards the French involvement - could someone sort it out? as I am not an active editor anymore. Fattyjwoods Push my button 04:56, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Currently the stats box contains the figures from this sentence: One initial report by a British officer recorded American casualties at over 200 killed, around 750 wounded, and 400 unwounded prisoners taken.
Whether the stats box used part of the article when it was first written, and the following has been added, I don't know - but I'd say that a referenced official report is more reliable than an unreferenced "initial report" by an anonymous officer. The numbers are approximately right, and fairly equivalent if we assume that some of the approx 750 wounded may have subsequently died.
Therefore I'm changing the american casualty figures to those given in the following: Howe’s report to the British Secretary of War, Lord Germain, said that the Americans, “had about 300 men killed, 600 wounded, and near 400 made prisoners”.[2] 89.241.16.239 ( talk) 17:31, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
65.223.188.138 recently added the following adverbs to the description of the aftermath of the battle (the addition is in italics):
Although Howe had not really and truthfully defeated the American army, the unexpected resistance he had met prevented him from destroying it completely.
Seems like this is not correct; Howe did win the field and forced an American retreat, plus it becomes incongruent with the last half of the sentance. I would like to undo the change. Any thoughts or objections? Wkharrisjr ( talk) 16:18, 28 September 2009 (UTC)
I have read wild variations in the numbers strength at other sources (e.g. Britannica) for both sides. Can there be a citation to reference the source for the numbers used in the article?
I'm currently reading Robert Middlekauff's The Glorious Cause and I'm surprised how much his summary of the battle differs here:
Thoughts? -- Sanananda ( talk) 11:27, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Apparently a skirmish at Trenton is 'decisive', yet a battle between 30,000 men, that ended in the rout of the defeated army and the capture of the rebel capital city, isn't...
Ben200 (
talk) 10:49, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
While Hesse-Kassel might have signed a treaty of alliance, wasn't this more for the only purpose of renting out troops to the British crown? Even if they wore the uniform of Hesse-Kassel, they were a type of mercenary force. I don't think in this circumstance the government of Hesse-Kassel would be considered a belligerent in the war as much a supplier. Wkharrisjr ( talk) 18:22, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
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It should be called the colonial army because they were fighting in the colonies.22:09, 9 December 2019 (UTC) 2600:1700:2BB1:2EC0:88CF:8A6E:6EE7:1FAD ( talk)
As far as I can tell, this battle was in Chester County, with part of the battlefield area later being taken by newly-established Delaware County. There is nowadays a small battlefield park on US 1 which is in Chadds Ford Township, Delaware County. Carlm0404 ( talk) 18:49, 29 September 2021 (UTC)
was just mentioned on the old phil silvers show. he had a relative there. funny 2601:45:8000:58E0:AC73:52A0:1096:AD9 ( talk) 06:09, 5 July 2023 (UTC)