Order of Battle, Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778


British

British infantry:
          Four regiments (22nd, 43d, 54th, 38th)
 
1975
Hessian infantry:
          Six regiments (Landgrave, Huyne, Ditforth, Bunau, Two Anspachs)
 
2972
Tory infantry:
          (Wightman, Brown, Fanning)
 
  763
Hessian Chasseurs   154
Artillery:
          British
          Hessian
          Corps of sailors
 
  117
  150
  637
Marines   171
Headquarters   200
                                                                                                                  Total: 7139

American

Continentals:
          Eight regiments (1st R.I., 2nd R.I., 4th Mass., 13th Mass.,
          Webb's, Jackson's, Sherburne's, James Livingston's)
 
 
  1200
Rhode Island State's Brigade:
          Two regiments (Crary and Topham's)
 
  1000
Rhode Island militia:
          Six regiments
 
  3000
Massachusetts militia:
Six regiments
 
  3000
Connecticut militia:
One regiment
 
    500
New Hampshire Cavalry     150
Artillery:
          Continental regiment (Crane)
          Rhode Island regiment (Elliot)
          Massachusetts regiment (Gridley)
          Connecticut company
 
    300
    300
    300
      50
Headquarters and boat service     300
                                                                                                                  Total: 10100

from:

Walker, Anthony. So Few The Brave (Rhode Island Continentals 1775-1783). Newport: Seafield Press, 1981. pg 54


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