Battle of Bound Brook

When

13 Apr 1777

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.56° N, 74.53° W

Description

1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Part of the American Revolutionary War (1777)

The Battle of Bound Brook was a surprise attack by British and Hessian forces on a Continental Army outpost in Bound Brook, New Jersey, during the American Revolutionary War. The British defeated the garrison, whose troops were either captured or fled. U.S. commander Major General Benjamin Lincoln left quickly, abandoning papers and personal effects.

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