Battle of Gloucester (1777)

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Battle of Gloucester
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date November 25, 1777 Location Gloucester City, New Jersey 39°52′19″N 75°11′19″W / 39.87206°N 75.18871°W / 39.87206; -75.18871 Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain Hesse-Kassel
Commanders and leaders
Marquis de Lafayette Armand de La Rouërie Colonel Richard Butler	Lord Cornwallis
Strength
350 regulars and militia	400 jägers
Casualties and losses
1 killed 5 wounded	20 killed 20 wounded 20 captured

The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought between November 25, 1777 and the early morning of November 26, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was the first battlefield command for the Marquis de Lafayette.