What the records say
- When
- 14 Aug 1779
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 44.39° N, 68.81° W
- Description
- armada during the American Revolution
Penobscot Expedition
1779 expedition of the American Revolutionary War
The Penobscot Expedition was an unsuccessful expedition launched by the Massachusetts Provincial Congress during the American Revolutionary War. On June 17, 1779, 700 British Army troops under Brigadier-general Francis McLean landed on the coast of the District of Maine and established a series of fortifications around Fort George on the Majabigwaduce Peninsula in the upper Penobscot Bay with the goals of establishin…
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