American Revolutionary War: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" id="mwOQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> is routed at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Brier_Creek" id="mwOg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Brier Creek">Battle of Brier Creek</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah, Georgia</a>.