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Today episode 185 the Mount Hope Bay Raids.

For the past few weeks I've been focusing on Philadelphia,

where the British occupation has been winding down.

As the British prepared for the 1778 spring fighting season, they conducted a number of raids around

Philadelphia. Today, though, I want to explore a few other small raids in New England, which took place around the same time.

This will also give me an opportunity to cover the British occupation of Newport, Rhode Island.

The British Army held Newport for nearly three years.

You may recall from back in episode 119

that the British landed an army at Newport, Rhode Island

for the purpose of setting up a saltwater port for the fleet.

General Henry Clinton captured Aquidnick Island, where Newport is located,

and did little else before leaving for London.

His second in command Lord Percy also stuck around only for a very short time and

after that he also left for London. That left Major General Richard

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