15, 1915, Edward Mandell Stone ’08, then in the French Foreign Legion, was wounded in action. Harvard lost its first graduate to the conflict, a British army lieutenant, in November 1914.
18), a campaign that by 1917 tipped a largely isolationist America into the conflict. (Sixteen million were dead by 1918.) And Germany began its worst public-relations maneuver of what we now call World War I: unrestricted U-boat warfare against passenger and merchant ships (Feb. 16), where 240,000 casualties a month later hinted at the catastrophic scale the war would come to represent. France launched its second offensive on the Western Front (Feb. 31), deploying 18,000 shells against Russian troops near Warsaw. The Germans used the first poison gas (Jan. Germany started modern war’s first aerial bombing campaign (Jan. The crushing defeat allowed the British to occupy Philadelphia, but the bulk of the Continental army survived to fight another day.One hundred years ago, in the first two months of 1915, what was then called the Great War - puzzled over by experts gathered at a Harvard conference on Friday ― established its most enduring historical signatures. Although wounded, the charismatic young Frenchman remained on the field to ensure an organized withdrawal. When night fell, the remaining Americans fell back in an orderly retreat, led in part by the Marquis de Lafayette. Greene’s brave men counterattacked, going toe-to-toe with British along the crest of Birmingham Hill. To prevent the defeat turning into disaster Washington ordered Nathanael Greene’s division to act as a rear-guard so that the Continental Army could escape to the northeast. Simultaneously, Knyphausen’s troops hit the American units that remained near the Quaker meeting house at Chadds Ford. However, despite putting up a stiff resistance, the Continentals were eventually overrun by Howe’s men.
Washington dispatched troops under General John Sullivan and William Alexander, “Lord Stirling,” to shore up his right flank. The battle had been raging for hours by the time Howe's force appeared undetected on the Continental right flank. General Wilhelm von Kynphausen was ordered to demonstrate against the Americans’ front at Chadds Ford, while the bulk of Howe’s forces crossed the Brandywine further upstream. Hidden by heavy fog, the British moved into position. Opposing Washington was Sir William Howe and an army of 15,500 British Regulars and Hessian troops. Taking up positions along Brandywine Creek, Washington mistakenly believed that his army blocked all fords across the Brandywine. On September 11, 1777, General George Washington was determined to prevent the British from capturing the American seat of government, Philadelphia. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Help Save 52 Hallowed Acres at Three Virginia Battlefields.Help Protect 52 Threatened Acres in Virginia, Georgia and Mississippi.Phase Three of Gaines’ Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign.Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields – Your Gift Tripled!.Preserve 128 Sacred Acres at Antietam and Shepherdstown.For Sale: Three Battlefield Tracts Spanning Three Wars.Virtual Tours View All See Antietam now!.National Teacher Institute July 13 - 16, 2023 Learn More.USS Constitution In 4 Minutes Watch Video.African Americans During the Revolutionary War.The First American President: Setting the Precedent.
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