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| | Germantown |
 | | At the battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777, the 55th was part of the second brigade as the British center east of the Old York Road and engaged Sullivanps left flank (Fortescue, p 220). |
 | | This Village forms one continued street for two miles, which the Line of Encampment, in the Position the Army then occupied, crossed at Right Angles, near a mile from the head of it, where the 2d. |
 | | Brigade [33rd, 37th, 46th, 64th Regiments], by a vigorous attack repulsed the Enemy that had penetrated into the upper part of the Village; which was done with great Slaughter; the 5th. |
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