Action at Bound Brook

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Action at Bound Brook is an American Revolutionary War engagement fought in April 1777 in New Jersey between British and Hessian forces and Continental Army troops under General Benjamin Lincoln.

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instanceOf battle
engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Bound Brook
AmericanCommander General Benjamin Lincoln
linked to: Benjamin Lincoln
AmericanCommanderRank Major General
belligerent Great Britain
Hesse-Kassel
United States
campaign New York and New Jersey campaign
colony Province of New Jersey
combatant British Army
Continental Army
Hessian troops
commander Benjamin Lincoln
Charles Cornwallis
Charles Mawhood
Johann von Ewald
commanderSide Benjamin Lincoln commanded Continental Army forces
linked to: Benjamin Lincoln

Charles Cornwallis commanded British forces
linked to: Charles Cornwallis

Charles Mawhood commanded British troops
Johann von Ewald commanded Hessian jägers
conflict American Revolutionary War
country United States
date April 13, 1777
followedBy Battle of Short Hills
forcesInvolved British and Hessian forces
Continental Army troops
linked to: Continental Army
geographicalContext Raritan River valley
location Bound Brook, New Jersey
notableFeature attack on a forward American outpost near New Brunswick
objective to attack the American outpost at Bound Brook
partOf New York and New Jersey campaign
precededBy Forage War
relatedEvent British occupation of New Brunswick, New Jersey
relatedPerson George Washington
result British victory
state New Jersey
strategicContext British attempts to weaken Continental positions in New Jersey
theater Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War
typeOfAction surprise attack
year 1777

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Battle of Bound Brook alsoKnownAs Action at Bound Brook