Battle of Gloucester (1777)

The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought between November 25, 1777 and the early morning of November 26, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was the first battlefield command for the Marquis de Lafayette.

For the 1775 naval skirmish near Gloucester, Massachusetts, see Battle of Gloucester (1775). For the 1781 action at Gloucester Point, Virginia, see Siege of Yorktown.
Battle of Gloucester
Part of the American Revolutionary War
DateNovember 25, 1777
Location
Gloucester City, New Jersey
39.87206°N 75.18871°W / 39.87206; -75.18871
Result American victory
Belligerents
 United States

 Great Britain

Commanders and leaders

Marquis de Lafayette
Armand de La Rouërie

Colonel Richard Butler		 Lord Cornwallis
Strength
350 regulars and militia 400 jägers
Casualties and losses
1 killed
5 wounded		 20 killed
20 wounded
20 captured
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