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Washington victorious over Generals Howe and Cornwallis...
Washington victorious over Generals Howe and Cornwallis...
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August 05, 1777
THE LONDON EVENING POST, England, August 5, 1777
* Battle of Bound Brook - New Jersey
* American Revolutionary War
The front page has a few items concerning the war (see photo). Page 3 has a letter which reports in part "...intelligence that the Generals Howe and Cornwallis had joined at Amboy upon which General Washington had detached General Putnam to fall on the garrison of 3000 men which the English had left at Brunswick who, on the 2nd attack were forced & surrendered...After this first success General Washington sent orders...to join him...he attacked on the 10th of June the Generals Howe and Cornwallis & entirely defeated them..." with more.
And more on this battle reported on the back page as well (see). The bkpg. also has details on operations in Canada, Crown Point, Lake Champlain, Ticonderoga, etc.
Four pages, folio size, never-trimmed margins, red tax stamp on page 3, nice condition.
AI notes: On June 10, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War, a notable engagement occurred known as the Battle of Bound Brook in New Jersey. British forces under Lord Cornwallis launched a surprise attack on the small American garrison commanded by General Benjamin Lincoln at Bound Brook, which was part of the Continental Army’s defensive positions along the Watchung Mountains. The Americans were caught off guard, and while the British succeeded in inflicting casualties and temporarily dispersing the troops, Lincoln and his forces managed to retreat in good order, avoiding total destruction. The battle was relatively small in scale but highlighted the ongoing skirmishing and raids that characterized the New Jersey campaign of 1777, demonstrating the British strategy of aggressive probing and the Americans’ reliance on mobility and local knowledge.
Category: Revolutionary War
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