Glover and his force retreat to the …
Years: 1776 - 1776
October
Glover and his force retreat to the town of Yonkers the next day.
American casualties are eight killed and thirteen wounded.
British and Hessian casualties are not known.
Howe's official dispatch lists British casualties as three killed and twenty wounded, although the report does not include Hessian casualties.
As the Hessians make up the majority of the landing force, it is reasonable to expect they make up the majority of the casualties.
Over the ensuing few days, from knowledge collected from British deserters, the Americans will estimate that the British have lost between eight hundred and one thousand killed or wounded, likely an exaggeration.
Colonel Loammi Baldwin, who was present at the battle, estimated that the Americans had killed two hundred British and Hessians, but historian David McCullough says this was "undoubtedly an exaggeration."
Historian George Athan Billias argues in support of Baldwin's estimates, due in part to the corroborating admission of another British deserter.
Regardless, the combined British and Hessian casualties are almost certainly larger than those of the Americans.
Locations
People
Groups
- Hessians
- Britain, Kingdom of Great
- British people
- Americans
- United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
- New Jersey, State of (U.S.A.)
- New York, independent state of
Topics
- American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence
- New York and New Jersey campaign
- Pell's Point, Battle of
