What the records say
- When
- 1775
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 42.61° N, 70.66° W
- Description
- 1775 skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts
Battle of Gloucester (1775)
Skirmish in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners that were returning from the West Indies. After capturing one schooner, Linzee chased the second one into Gloucester Harbor, where it was grounded.
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