The Battle of Rhode Island

The Battle of Rhode Island
FONTS
Before the battle... (continued)
- Pigot abandoned Butts Hill
- At the southwest ot Conanicut Island is Port Judith where there were 8 British ships under command by British's Richard Howe
- d'Estaing prepared men for battle at sea
- Storm came in
- Marquis de Lafayette begged but it did not work
- Americans moved back up to the north
The Battle of Rhode Island
- British sent General Friedrich Wilhelm von Lossberg and Major General Francis Smith north
- Two ways: Quaker Hill and Turkey Hill
- On August 29th, Smith came under fire by Henry B Livingston
- British pushed back with resistance
- Smith held position when arrived at John Glover's brigade
- To the west, Lossberg fought against John Laurens's men at Turkey Hill
- Later on, 3 British frigates at bay fired at American lines
- Counterattacked by Nathaniel Greene of the Americans
- More counterattacks occured--- tug of war--- fighting subsided

Before the battle...
- French and Americans sign Treaty of Alliance in 1778
- Vice Admiral Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing crossed Atlantic with 13 ships in route to Delaware Bay
- British left Delaware Bay for New York
- d'Estaing and Washington have difficulty trying to enter New York Bay; they devise a new plan for Newport, RI on Aquidneck Island
- John Sullivan rounded up 10,000 men in Tiverton, RI
- Sir Robert Pigot had around 6,700 men in Newport, RI
- Americans cross over to Butts Hill, between Newport and Tiverton
- French would come from Conanicut Island to the west
Basic Facts
- "Battle on Quaker Hill"
- Ocurred on August 29, 1778
- First Rhode Island Regiment
- First battle with French Alliance

Americans British
- Approximately 10,000 men - Approximately 7,000 men
- Major General: John Sullivan - Major General: Sir Robert
Pigot

After the battle
- Americans: 30 killed, 138 wounded, and 44 missing
- British: 38 killed, 210 wounded, and 12 missing
- Americans left Aquidneck Island and went north to Tiverton and Bristol
- French returned to the colonies in Boston



Works Cited
- http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/1-map-of-the-battle-of-rhode-island-everett.jpg
- http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/AmRev17781783/p/American-Revolution-Battle-Of-Rhode-Island.htm
- http://www.myloc.gov/_assets/Exhibitions/creatingtheus/DeclarationofIndependence/FoundedonaSetofBeliefs/Assets/15710u_enlarge_300.Jpeg
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/RobertPigotByFrancisCotes.jpg
Robert Pigot left and John Sullivan right