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BRITISH LOSSES IN THE REVOLUTION.
FROM APRIL 19, 1775, TO THE SURRENDER OF GENERAL BURGOYNE, OCTOBER 17, 1777
[The following account of the losses of the British in the Revolution, for the first thirty months of the war, is taken from The London Magazine of February, 1778, and is interesting in that it differs from all the statements that appear in our United States Histories of that portion of the war.--ED.]
In March, 1776, the Parliament of Great Britain Voted 42,390 Men for the Service of America; These troops Landed Accordingly, And have Lost agreeable to their Returns as Followeth:--
| Places Where | Killed. | Wounded. | Prisoners. |
|---|---|---|---|
| At Lexington and Concord | 43 | 70 | |
| Bunker Hill | 746 | 1,150 | |
| Ticonderoga and Quebec | 81 | 110 | 350 |
| On the Lake, by General Arnold | 93 | 64 | |
| Sullivan's Island | 191 | 264 | |
| Ceder | 40 | 70 | |
| Norfolk, in Virginia | 129 | 175 | 40 |
| Different Actions on Long Island | 840 | 660 | 60 |
| Harlem and Hell's Gate | 236 | 773 | 43 |
| New York, in time of landing | 57 | 100 | |
| White Plains, General McDougal | 450 | 490 | 270 |
| Fort Washington | 900 | 1,500 | |
| Fort Lee | 20 | 30 | |
| Trenton Hessians | 35 | 60 | 948 |
| Princetown | 74 | 100 | 210 |
| Boston Road, by Admiral Hardy | 52 | 90 | 750 |
| Transports taken | 390 | ||
| Danbury | 260 | 350 | 40 |
| Iron Hill, near Elk | 59 | 80 | 20 |
| Brandy Wine | 800 | 1,170 | |
| Reden Road, by General Maxwell | 40 | 60 | |
| Staten Island, by General Sullivan | 94 | 150 | 278 |
| Bennington | 200 | 1,100 | 1,100 |
| Fort Montgomery | 580 | 700 | |
| Fort Mifflin and Red Bank | 328 | 53 | 84 |
| General Burgoyne's Army | 2,100 | 1,126 | 5,572 |
| Deserted | 1,100 | ||
| 8,448 | 10,495 | 10,155 |
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