Название: Monmouth Courthouse 1778: The Last Great Battle In The North (Campaign 135)
Автор: Brendan Morrissey, Adam Hook
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
ISBN: 1841767727
Год: 2004
Страниц: 100
Формат: PDF
Размер: 18.55МБ
Язык: английский
The battle of Monmouth Courthouse was not only the last major action in the Northern theater, it was also the longest and hardest-fought engagement of the entire Revolutionary War (1775-1783). When the British abandoned Philadelphia to return to New York City, American troops harassed their retreat. On the morning of 28 June 1778, General Lee, George Washington’s lieutenant, attacked the British rearguard but his attack went badly wrong. The British rearguard, now reinforced, threw Lee’s troops into a headlong retreat. Lee was relieved of his command and Washington’s Continentals then stood toe-to-toe with the British, bloodily repulsing a series of powerful attacks by crack troops.
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