From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. April 14. –Day before yesterday, General Lord Cornwallis, Generals Grant and Matthews, with the first battalion of grenadiers, one battalion of light infantry, a detachment of the guards, the light horse, two battalions of Hessians, and the Yagers, commanded…
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Attack on Peekskill, N. Y. – British account of the Attack on Peekskill
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 27. –The American post at Peekskill, New York, since the removal of the militia of the Eastern States, has been in a manner in a defenceless situation, there being only part of two regiments stationed there, under the…
Fight at Ward’s House
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 17. –Last night, a detachment of the Queen’s rangers, and New York companies, with twenty of the Hessian troops, and a subaltern, under the command of Captains John Branden and Archibald Campbell, were ordered out from New York…
Skirmish at Punk Hill
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. March 9. –Yesterday, the British, supposed to be about three thousand, came out from Amboy, and posted themselves on Punk Hill. They brought artillery and a number of wagons, as if to forage, though there were none left in…
Battle of Princeton
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. January 7. –On the second instant, intelligence was received by express, that the enemy’s army was advancing from Princeton towards Trenton, where the main body of the Americans were stationed. Two brigades under Brigadier-Generals Stephen and Fermoy, had been…