The leader of the British troops that occupied Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War was General Sir Henry Clinton. About 15,000 troops took part in the occupation. They abandoned the city on June 18, 1778.
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Gen Omar Bradley led the Americans and Gen Bernard Montgomery led the British.
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General George Washington and his weary troops arrived at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania six days before Christmas in 1777. The men were hungry and tired after a string of losing battles that had resulted in the British capture of the patriot capital, Philadelphia, earlier in the fall. The defeats had led some members of the Continental Congress to want to replace Washington, believing he was incompetent.The Valley Forge winter camp site was approximately 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia—about a day’s march from the British-occupied American capital. Most of the land had previously been cleared for agriculture, leaving an open, rolling landscape. They had no warm, food, and new clothes.
The British landed at Sword and Gold, Americans at Omaha and Utah, the Canadians at Juno.