name = "American War of Independence"
casus_belli = cb_liberation

# Declaration of independence
1776.7.4 = {
	add_attacker = USA
	add_defender = GBR
}

1776.8.27 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Brooklyn"
		location = 965
		attacker = {
			commander = "George Washintgotn"	# George Washington
			infantry = 12000
			losses = 15	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "William Howe"	# William Howe
			infantry = 22000
			losses = 2	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = loss
	}
}

1777.1.2 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Trenton"
		location = 957
		attacker = {
			commander = "George Washington"	# George Washington
			infantry = 2500
			losses = 1	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander =	# Johan Rall
			infantry = 1500
			losses = 2	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = loss
	}
}

1777.1.3 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Princeton"
		location = 957
		attacker = {
			commander = "George Washington"	# George Washington
			infantry = 4500
			losses = 1	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "Charles Cornwallis"	# Charles Cornwallis
			infantry = 800
			losses = 32	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = win
	}
}

1777.4.13 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Bound Brook"
		location = 957
		attacker = {
			commander = "Benjamin Lincoln"	# Benjamin Lincoln
			infantry = 500
			losses = 22	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "Charles Cornwallis"	# Charles Cornwallis
			infantry = 4000
			losses = 1	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = loss
	}
}



# Treaty of alliance
1778.2.6 = {
	add_attacker = FRA
} 

1778.6.30 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Alligator Bridge"
		location = 926
		attacker = {
			commander = "Elijah Clark"	# Elijah Clark
			infantry = 300 
			losses = 4	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "Marc Prevost"	# Marc Prevost
			infantry = 800
			losses = 2	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = loss
	}
}

1779.2.14 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Kettle Creek"
		location = 953
		attacker = {
			commander = "Andrew Pickens"	# Andrew Pickens
			infantry = 350
			losses = 4	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "James Boyd"	# James Boyd
			infantry = 600
			losses = 3	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = win
	}
}

1779.3.3 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Briar Creek"
		location = 929
		attacker = {
			commander = "John Ashe"	# John Ashe
			infantry = 450
			losses = 98	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "Archibald Campbell"	# Archibald Campbell
			infantry = 2200
			losses = 1	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = loss
	}
}

1779.6.1 = {
	add_attacker = SPA
} 

1780.1.1 = {
	add_attacker = NED
}

1780.8.16 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Camden"
		location = 929
		attacker = {
			commander = "Horatio Gates"	# Horatio Gates
			infantry = 3000
			losses = 50	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "Charles Cornwallis"	# Charless Cornwallis
			infantry = 2300
			losses = 4	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = loss
	}
}

1780.10.7 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Kings Mountain"
		location = 932
		attacker = {
			commander = "William Campell"	# William Campell
			infantry = 850
			losses = 3	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "Patrick Ferguson"	# Patrick Ferguson
			infantry = 1000
			losses = 16	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = win
	}
}

1781.1.17 = {
	battle = {
		name = "Cowpens"
		location = 932
		attacker = {
			commander = "Daniel Morgan"	# Daniel Morgan
			infantry = 1000
			losses = 5	# percent
			country = USA
		}
		defender = {
			commander = "Banastare Tarleton"	# Banastre Tarleton
			infantry = 1000
			losses = 45	# percent
			country = GBR
		}
		result = win
	}
}

# Treaty of Paris
1783.9.3 = {
	rem_attacker = USA
	rem_attacker = SPA
	rem_attacker = FRA
	rem_attacker = NED
	rem_defender = GBR
}
