Battle of Pell's Point

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Date	October 18, 1776
Location	Manhattan, New York
Result	British Victory

Combatants

Continental Army

British Army
Hessian Army

Commanders

John Glover

William Howe

Strength

750

3,000

Casualties

8 killed, 13 wounded

25 killed or wounded {note history "The Hessians"

lists Hessian casualties from Oct 9th to Oct 23rd 1776 (including Chatterton Hill {White Plains} as 13 killed; 63 wounded; 23 missing [1]}

New York and New Jersey, 1776–1777
Long Island – Kip's Bay – Harlem Heights – Pell's Point – White Plains – Fort Washington – 1st Trenton – 2nd Trenton – Princeton – Forage War – Bound Brook

The Battle of Pell's Point, also known as the Battle of Pelham, was a skirmish during the American Revolutionary War. It took place on October 18, 1776, in what is now part of Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx, New York City.

General George Washington's troops were hiding in the area now known as Rodman's Neck when British warships dropped anchor and made a beachhead on Pell's Point (the southern tip of Rodman's Neck). According to local legend, Washington and Colonel John Glover stood on Glover's Rock and witnessed the invasion from across the meadow.

Washington ordered his troops to fall back to White Plains, New York (see the Battle of White Plains), leaving Colonel Glover and his 750 troops of the 14th Continental Regiment from Marblehead, Massachusetts ("The Marbleheaders") to defend Rodman's Neck against 3,000 British and Hessian troops.

History concedes the battle of Pell's Point was won by British Forces after a sharp fight for the beachhead.^{[citation needed]} Glover was forced to withdraw, reporting his losses at eight killed and 13 wounded while inflicting around 25 casualties on the attacking British troops. However Washington's retreat to upstate helped him win the American Revolution.