Springfield

In June, Clinton and Knyphausen planned to make a second attempt on Washington’s main encampment at Morristown. Knyphausen would drive north, while Clinton moved up the Hudson. If Washington moved to attack Knyphausen, Henry would come ashore and trap Washington. …

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In June, Clinton and Knyphausen planned to make a second attempt on Washington’s main encampment at Morristown. Knyphausen would drive north, while Clinton moved up the Hudson. If Washington moved to attack Knyphausen, Henry would come ashore and trap Washington. Washington was not in the area, and opposing Knyphausen’s advance was Nathanael Greene. Greene’s plan was to position his troops so the British would have to breakthrough a series of positions before making it to Hobart Gap. As the British advanced down the Galloping Hill Road and Vauxhall Road, they contacted Greene’s troops. As planned, as the fighting escalated along a road, the Continental forces fell back to a new defensive position. Realizing his advance up the Vauxhall Road was as far as he could go, Mathew turned back to join Knyphausen, who had taken Springfield. It was now about two o'clock in the afternoon when Knyphausen and Mathew decided that to continue the fight would be futile.

Springfield, New Jersey

The Battle of Springfield was fought during the American Revolutionary War on June 23, 1780, in Essex County, New Jersey. After the Battle of Connecticut Farms, on June 7, 1780, had foiled Lieutenant General Wilhelm, Baron von Knyphausen’s expedition to attack General George Washington’s army at Morristown, New Jersey, Knyphausen and Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, British commander-in-chief in North America, decided upon a second attempt. Although the British were initially able to advance, they were ultimately forced to withdraw in the face of newly arriving rebel forces, resulting in a Continental victory. The battle effectively ended British ambitions in New Jersey.

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