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The Battle of Bound Brook , one of the battles in New Jersey during the American War for Independence, occurred on April 13, 1777 and resulted in a defeat for the Continental Army who were routed by about 4,000 troops under British command. The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
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Bound Brook is a borough located in Somerset County, New Jersey. ...
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State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D)Acting Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th) - Land 19,231 km² - Water 3,378 km² (14. ...
The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...
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Background
In the spring of 1777 British forces reinforced with Hessian troops were stationed in New Brunswick, NJ and conducted foraging raids against local targets in the area with little success. Washington at this time held the Continental Army north near Morristown. His southern outpost on the Raritan river and closest to the 17,000 Royal troops was his garrison of about 500 men at Bound Brook under General Benjamin Lincoln. As the foraging strategy did not prove to be successful, Lord William Howe and Lord Charles Cornwallis decided to take the garrison at Bound Brook. 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
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The Battle Under the command of Cornwallis, 4000 British and Hessian troops were used in a four-pronged surprise attack against the garrison at Bound Brook. Two groups moved north along both sides of the Raritan river, while a third contingent crossed the river further up to attack from the West, and the fourth group moved from the East to cut the potential retreat route of the Americans. The vanguard of Hessian Field Jaeger Corps under Colonel Johann Ewald encountered at first fierce resistance from the Americans on the left bank of the Raritan river. Shortly thereafter the main contingent of the British army crossed the Queen’s Bridge to the left side and entered Bound Brook. The American forces were caught be surprise and fled fighting during their retreat. General Lincoln barely escaped and “did not collect his clothes”. The fourth column of the British coming from the East along the Watchung mountains arrived late, nevertheless many men were captured. The Raritan people were a tribe of Lenape Indians who inhabited the areas around the present Raritan Bay in northern New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. ...
Outcome Lord Howe indicated that about 30 Americans were killed and 80-90 captured, while General Lincoln reported that 60 of his men were killed or wounded. On the British side one soldier was killed. The British captured also cannons, ammunition, and supplies, looted in Bound Brook, but returned the same day to New Brunswick. In the evening, the Continental Army, under General Nathaniel Greene, occupied Bound Brook again. Nathanael Greene Nathanael Greene (July 27, 1742 (O.S.)–June 19, 1786), was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. ...
Aftermath While the Continental Army was caught by surprise by an overwhelming force, the British did not press their advantage and returned to New Brunswick. Thus it was a shallow victory. Washington recognized that Bound Brook itself was a difficult place to defend. On May 28, he moved his army from Morristown to the (first) Middlebrook encampment, just north of Bound Brook, but well protected between the first and second Watchung mountain range. From the top of the Watchung mountains he could monitor British movements and continued to harass and disrupt their supply lines. Eventually the British changed the focus of operations, left New Brunswick, and embarked their troops to sail South to attack Philadelphia. Watchung is a borough located in Somerset County, New Jersey. ...
Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...
References - Ewald, Johann: Diary of the American War, translated by Joseph Tustin. Yale University Press. 1979.
- Davis, T.E.: The Battle of Bound Brook. The Chronicle Steam Printert, Bound Brook, 1895.
Links - About the Hessian Jaeger Corps
- The Battle
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