Battle of Bennington

Battle of Bennington, battle of the American Revolution, fought near the village of Bennington, Vermont, on August 16, 1777. The British general John Burgoyne, on his march south from Canada to join another British force at Albany, New York, sent 800 Hessian dragoons and Native Americans, placed under the command of the German colonel Friedrich Baum, to capture the American supply base at Bennington. Detachments of the Vermont and New Hampshire militia decisively defeated the British forces, including reinforcements dispatched by Burgoyne after the battle had begun. British casualties were 207 killed and wounded—including Baum, who died two days later—and 600 men taken prisoner; American casualties were 14 killed and 12 wounded.