 The raid and the subsequent Battle of Ridgefield claimed an estimated 200 soldiers on each side, including more than a dozen British officers. Technically, the British got what they came for. They put a serious dent in Danbury as a major supply depot for the Continental forces. But the response of the American militia was way above and beyond what the British had anticipated. And perhaps the lesson that day was not one taught by Tryon, rather one that he learned.