ARP167 Defending the Delaware
After capturing Philadelphia in 1777, the British spend weeks trying to open the Delaware River so that the navy can supply the occupying army. The Americans spent years installing barriers and forts ...
20 Sep 202030min
ARP166 Surrender at Saratoga
After failing to push through the American Lines, British General Burgoyne holds out for a relief force from New York City. Although the British attack Kingston, NY as a distraction, the Continental A...
13 Sep 202033min
ARP165 Bemis Heights (2nd Saratoga)
The British under General Johnny Burgoyne make a desperate push against the Americans under the command of General Horatio Gates on Bemis Heights, in upstate New York. General Benedict Arnold defies G...
6 Sep 202034min
ARP164 Forts Clinton and Montgomery
British General Sir Henry Clinton makes a desperate attempt to distract the Continental Army facing General Burgoyne in the upper Hudson Valley. Clinton captures Forts Clinton and Montgomery but fails...
30 Aug 202033min
AR-SP01 Dr. Ronald Gibbs on Medical Care and the Revolution
Special Episode: Discussion with Dr. Ronald S. Gibbs on Medicine and the American Revolution Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Dr...
26 Aug 202059min
ARP163 Germantown
On October 4, 1777 the Continental Army attacks the main British Army at Germantown, several days after the British occupied Philadelphia. General Washington attempts a complex four pronged assault on...
23 Aug 202032min
ARP162 Raid on Fort Ticonderoga
As General Burgoyne's British army faces off against General Gates' Continentals near Saratoga, Colonel John Brown leads an attack on the British rear at Fort Ticonderoga. The Continentals fail to cap...
16 Aug 202031min
ARP161 Freeman's Farm (First Saratoga)
The British army under General Burgoyne finds itself increasingly isolated. On the American side, General Gates replaces General Schuyler as commander of the northern army. Gate's picks a fight with G...
9 Aug 202033min
