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Haddonfield (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Monmouth, battle of
Just before the dawn of June 18, 1778, the British began their evacuation of Philadelphia.
They crossed the Delaware to Gloucester Point, and that evening encamped around Haddonfield, a few miles southeast from Camden, N. J. The news of this evacuation reached Washington, at Valley Forge, before morning.
He immediately sent General Maxwell, with his brigade, to cooperate with the New Jersey militia under General Dickinson in retarding the march of the British, who, when they crossed the river, were 17,000 strong in effective men. They marched in two divisions, one under Cornwallis and the other led by Knyphausen.
General Arnold, whose wounds kept him from the field, entered Philadelphia with a detachment before the rear-guard of the British had left it. The remainder of the army, under the immediate command of Washington, crossed the Delaware above Trenton and pursued.
Gen. Charles Lee (q. v.), who had been exchanged, was now with the army, and persisten
Middletown Heights (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Gloucester Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Monmouth, battle of
Just before the dawn of June 18, 1778, the British began their evacuation of Philadelphia.
They crossed the Delaware to Gloucester Point, and that evening encamped around Haddonfield, a few miles southeast from Camden, N. J. The news of this evacuation reached Washington, at Valley Forge, before morning.
He immediately sent General Maxwell, with his brigade, to cooperate with the New Jersey militia under General Dickinson in retarding the march of the British, who, when they crossed the river, were 17,000 strong in effective men. They marched in two divisions, one under Cornwallis and the other led by Knyphausen.
General Arnold, whose wounds kept him from the field, entered Philadelphia with a detachment before the rear-guard of the British had left it. The remainder of the army, under the immediate command of Washington, crossed the Delaware above Trenton and pursued.
Gen. Charles Lee (q. v.), who had been exchanged, was now with the army, and persistent
Raritan Bay (United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Sandy Hook (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Freehold, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Monmouth, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Monmouth, battle of
Just before the dawn of June 18, 1778, the British began their evacuation of Philadelphia.
They crossed the Delaware to Gloucester Point, and that evening encamped around Haddonfield, a few miles southeast from Camden, N. k and embark his army on Raritan Bay for New York; but, finding Washington in his path, he turned, at Allentown, towards Monmouth, to make his way to Sandy Hook, and thence to New York by water.
Washington followed him in a parallel line, prepared t ight endanger the whole.
Washington's indignation was fearfully aroused, and when he met Lee, at the
Battle-ground at Monmouth. head of the second retreating column, he rode up to him, and, in a tone of withering reproof, he exclaimed, Sir, I desi Hook when the American sentinels discovered his flight in the morning (June 29). Washington
Relics of the battle of Monmouth. did not pursue, and the British escaped to New York.
They had lost 1,000 men by desertion while crossing New Jersey, a
Camden, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Monmouth, battle of
Just before the dawn of June 18, 1778, the British began their evacuation of Philadelphia.
They crossed the Delaware to Gloucester Point, and that evening encamped around Haddonfield, a few miles southeast from Camden, N. J. The news of this evacuation reached Washington, at Valley Forge, before morning.
He immediately sent General Maxwell, with his brigade, to cooperate with the New Jersey militia under General Dickinson in retarding the march of the British, who, when they crossed the river, were 17,000 strong in effective men. They marched in two divisions, one under Cornwallis and the other led by Knyphausen.
General Arnold, whose wounds kept him from the field, entered Philadelphia with a detachment before the rear-guard of the British had left it. The remainder of the army, under the immediate command of Washington, crossed the Delaware above Trenton and pursued.
Gen. Charles Lee (q. v.), who had been exchanged, was now with the army, and persisten
Clinton, N. Y. (New York, United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of
Hudson River (United States) (search for this): entry monmouth-battle-of