Philadelphia Campaign
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Was a British effort in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Revolutionary-era Second Continental Congress.
Chronology
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August 1777: General Howe landed 15,000 troops in late August at the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay.
June 1778: British General Henry Clinton moved his troops from Philadelphia to New York in 1778 in order to increase that city's defenses against a possible Franco-American attack.
September 1777: Battle of Paoli.
September 1777: British occupation of Philadelphia.
October 1777: The British captured Fort Billingsport on the Delaware in New Jersey.
Selected Sources
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.68
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.70
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.71
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.84
