Cornwallis defeats 7000 provincials...
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, June 5, 1777 Page 2 has a short item noting that: "...a brig is arrived there from New York with advice that both Sir William Howe's and Gen. Washington's army were within five miles of each other the 2nd of May, and that the latter were determined to give the former a battle."
And another page has a brief item: "...a vessel arrived there from Philadelphia with an account that the army, under the command of Lord Cornwallis, had routed & defeated upwards of 7000 Provincials, near 300 of whom were taken prisoners."
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