History of the Battle of Crooked Billet, Fought May 1, 1778 |
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History of the Battle of the Crooked Billet, Fought May 1, 1778 William Watts Hart Davis No preview available - 2015 |
History of the Battle of the Crooked Billet, Fought May 1, 1778 William Watts Hart Davis No preview available - 2017 |
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Abercrombie active alarm ambuscade Ameri attack Lacey Bristol road British army British troops Bucks county buckwheat straw Byberry road Captain Downey Captain Van Buskirk cause cavalry command county line Crooked Billet cross-roads David Marple daylight dead detachment Doylestown duty eight-square school encamped enemy's Ensign Laughlin escape fell FOUGHT MAY 1st front Germantown Hart's Corner Hartsville Hatborough heard the firing Horsham infantry ious to capture Isaac Boileau Johnsville killed and wounded Lacey was quartered Lacey's late Lieutenant Neilson lived Lloyd's Corner lying main body Major Simcoe marched miles morning mounted my's lines neighborhood Neshaminy patrols person whatever go Philadelphia pursuit Queen's Rangers rear right flank road which runs rode Samuel Irvin Schuylkill scouring the country short distance small party soldier Street road struck surprise Thomas Craven took Valley Forge W. W. H. DAVIS Warminster township Washington Whig Whitemarsh whole force Willow Grove York road