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- The "German Battalion" (also known as the "German Regiment" or 8th Maryland) was an infantry formation of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Authorized in May 1776 as an extra Continental regiment, the battaltion recruited ethnic Germans from Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Continental Congress appointed Nicholas Haussegger to command the battalion, which initially organized in the strength of eight companies. While the unit assembled at Philadelphia, a ninth company was added. It fought at Trenton in December 1776, where its men called out in German for the Hessians to lay down their arms. A week later, the German Battalion was in action at Assunpink Creek where a number of its troops were captured, including Haussegger. The next day, the unit fought at Princeton. After Haussegger defected to the British, George Washington appointed the Prussian volunteer Henry Leonard d'Arendt to command the battalion. The battalion served with the 1st Virginia Brigade at Brandywine and Germantown in September and October 1777. The following June the German Battalion fought at Monmouth. Late in 1778, the unit was assigned to Edward Hand's brigade and served in the Sullivan Expedition in the summer of 1779. The battalion transferred to the New Jersey Brigade before being disbanded in January 1781. (en)
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- *American Revolutionary War
**Battle of Trenton
**Battle of Assunpink Creek
**Battle of Princeton
**Battle of Brandywine
**Battle of Germantown
**Battle of Monmouth
**Sullivan Expedition (en)
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- Col. Henry Leonard d'Arendt (en)
- Col. Nicholas Haussegger (en)
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- Articles related to the German Battalion (en)
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- The "German Battalion" (also known as the "German Regiment" or 8th Maryland) was an infantry formation of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Authorized in May 1776 as an extra Continental regiment, the battaltion recruited ethnic Germans from Maryland and Pennsylvania. (en)
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