Battle of Bound Brook

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The Battle of Bound Brook was a 1777 American Revolutionary War engagement in New Jersey in which British and Hessian forces launched a surprise attack on a Continental Army outpost.

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Battle of Bound Brook canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Action at Bound Brook ⓘ
armedConflict American War of Independence ⓘ
belligerent Great Britain ⓘ
Hesse-Kassel ⓘ
United States ⓘ
campaignObjective disrupt Continental outpost at Bound Brook ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
Continental Army ⓘ
Hessian troops ⓘ
commanderAmerican Benjamin Lincoln ⓘ
commanderBritish Charles Cornwallis ⓘ
Charles Mawhood ⓘ
Johann von Ewald ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date April 13, 1777 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Short Hills ⓘ
forcesAmericanApproximate 500 ⓘ
forcesBritishHessianApproximate 4000 ⓘ
geographicalFeature Raritan River ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolution ⓘ
involves Continental Army pickets ⓘ
Hessian jägers ⓘ
location Bound Brook, New Jersey ⓘ
notableFeature near encampments along the Raritan River ⓘ
partOf New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
precededBy Forage War ⓘ
presentDayMunicipality Bound Brook ⓘ
presentDayState New Jersey ⓘ
primaryTarget Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook ⓘ
provinceAtTime Province of New Jersey ⓘ
region Middle Colonies ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
strategicContext British efforts to secure New Jersey outposts ⓘ
surpriseElement British and Hessian forces attacked at dawn ⓘ
tacticalOutcome American forces withdrew from Bound Brook outpost ⓘ
theater New Jersey ⓘ
typeOfAction surprise attack ⓘ
year 1777 ⓘ

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Bound Brook, New Jersey → historicEvent → Battle of Bound Brook ⓘ
Action at Bound Brook → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Bound Brook ⓘ