Monmouth Courthouse 1778 : the last great battle in the north
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. When the British abandoned Philadelphia, American troops harassed their retreat. On 28 June, 1778 George Washington's lieutenant, General Lee, 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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Osprey, Oxford, ©2004