Battle of Barren Hill

Battle of Barren Hill
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date	May 20, 1778
Location	Barren Hill; (Present-day Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania)
Result	British victory
Belligerents
United States; Oneida	Great Britain; Hesse-Kassel;
Commanders and leaders
Marquis de La Fayette	Sir William Howe; Sir Henry Clinton; Charles Grey; James Grant
Strength
2,400 troops; 5 guns	16,000 troops
Casualties and losses
3 killed	9–30

The Battle of Barren Hill was a minor engagement during the American Revolution. On May 20, 1778, a British Army force attempted to encircle a smaller Continental Army force then under the command of Marquis de Lafayette. The maneuver failed, and the Continental Army escaped the trap but the British took the field.