Crooked Billet, Battle of, Hatboro, Pa., 1778
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Name (Latin)
Crooked Billet, Battle of, Hatboro, Pa., 1778
Other forms of name
nne Crooked Billet, Battle of the, 1778
Coordinates
-75.109 -75.109 40.171 40.171 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing place name
Pennsylvania
United States
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q12001363
Library of congress:
sh 85034236
Sources of Information
- Web site Historic Hatboro, Aug. 2, 2002(Hatboro was also the scene of a Revolutionary War skirmish, known as the battle of Crooked Billet)
Wikipedia description:
The Battle of Crooked Billet was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on May 1, 1778 near the Crooked Billet Tavern in Moreland Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (present-day Hatboro, Pennsylvania, now in Montgomery County). In the skirmish action, British forces under the command of Major John Graves Simcoe launched a surprise attack against Brigadier General John Lacey and three regiments of Pennsylvania militia, who were caught sleeping. The British inflicted significant damage, and Lacey and his forces were forced to retreat into neighboring Warminster, Bucks County.
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