What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1777
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 41.32° N, 73.99° W
- Description
- 1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War
The Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery was fought in the Hudson Highlands of the Hudson River valley on 6 October 1777, during the American Revolutionary War. British troops under General Sir Henry Clinton captured Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery and dismantled the first iteration of the Hudson River Chains.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht um Fort Clinton und Fort Montgomery, Sieg der Briten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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