On this day in 1779,
Fed up with the constant harassment his troops on Long Island were enduring from across the sound in Connecticut, Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton launches an attack on New Haven. The local militia and students from Yale were no match for the British who plundered the town at The Battle of New Haven.
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Fed up with the constant harassment his troops on Long Island were enduring from across the sound in Connecticut, Maj. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton launches an attack on New Haven. The local militia and students from Yale were no match for the British who plundered the town at The Battle of New Haven.
More Colonial Battles
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