On this day in 1777,
Gen. Cornwallis leads 4,000 troops in a surprise attack on a small garrison of American troops in the village in central New Jersey. Cornwallis’ decision to launch the four-column attack at daybreak caught Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln completely by surprise and unable to launch a counterattack at The Battle of Bound Brook.
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Gen. Cornwallis leads 4,000 troops in a surprise attack on a small garrison of American troops in the village in central New Jersey. Cornwallis’ decision to launch the four-column attack at daybreak caught Maj. Gen. Benjamin Lincoln completely by surprise and unable to launch a counterattack at The Battle of Bound Brook.
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