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Facts

Date September 11, 1777
Location Brandywine Creek • Pennsylvania • Philadelphia • United States
Participants United Kingdom • United States
Context American Revolution

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George Washington
George Washington
president of United States
Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
United States general
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne
United States general
William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe
William Howe
British military commander
Wilhelm, baron von Knyphausen
German general

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