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The Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill and the Siege of Newport, took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and militia forces under the command of General John Sullivan were withdrawing to the northern part of Aquidneck Island after abandoning their siege of Newport, Rhode Island, when the British forces in Newport sortied, supported by recently arrived Royal Navy ships, and attacked the retreating Americans.

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rdfs:comment	The Battle of Rhode Island, also known as the Battle of Quaker Hill and the Siege of Newport, took place on August 29, 1778. Continental Army and militia forces under the command of General John Sullivan were withdrawing to the northern part of Aquidneck Island after abandoning their siege of Newport, Rhode Island, when the British forces in Newport sortied, supported by recently arrived Royal Navy ships, and attacked the retreating Americans.
foaf:name	Battle of Rhode Island
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causalties	30 killed 137 wounded 44 missing
combatant	1st Canadian Regiment
commander	Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing Greene, Nathanael Francis Smith Prescott, Richard Pigot, Robert dbpedia:Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Lossberg Christopher Greene John Sullivan
date	1778-08-29(xsd:dateTime)
is part of military conflict	American Revolutionary War
place of military conflict	Aquidneck State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
result	British strategic victory Tactically indecisive
strength	6,700 10,100
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Battle_of_Rhode_Island.jpg?width=300
is battle of	Greene, Nathanael Cutler, Manasseh Francis Smith 11th Regiment of Militia Evans' Regiment of Militia Henley's Additional Continental Regiment Langdon's Company of Light Horse Volunteers Lee's Additional Continental Regiment Nichols' Regiment of Militia Peabody's New Hampshire State Regiment Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Fleury, Francois de 3rd Continental Artillery Regiment Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette Fanning, Edmund 13th Massachusetts Regiment 16th Massachusetts Regiment 1st Canadian Regiment 1st Rhode Island Regiment 11th Continental Regiment 3rd Continental Regiment 9th Connecticut Regiment James Mitchell Varnum Elliot, John Alexander Oliver William Peere Williams-Freeman Hale's Regiment of Militia Ebenezer Huntington James Livingston Cooke, John Christopher Greene Anthony James Pye Molloy

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