Episode 134 The Battle of Bound Brook

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

History, Education

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

A large British force attacks General Lincoln at Bound Brook New Jersey. Lord Cornwallis hopes to capture the relatively isolated Continental force that is posted to defend Washington's southern flank. The British scatter the surprised Americans who mostly flee the scene. Washington sends a column under General Greene to retake Bound Brook and harass the British column as it returns to its base that same day. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: War of the Revolution, by Christopher Ward Online Recommendation of the Week: Cockpit of the Revolution: The War for Independence in New Jersey, by Leonard Lundin: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.86569 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast. Hello and thank you for joining the American Revolution.
0:19.0	Today episode 134 the Battle of Bound Brook.
0:24.3	Today we return to Northern New Jersey in the spring of 1777.
0:29.7	As you recall, General Washington's Continental's attack the outposts at Trenton and Princeton at the beginning of the year,
0:37.2	bringing the fight back to New Jersey after the British thought they had
0:40.9	conquered it.
0:41.5	This kicked off the forage War that I discussed back in
0:45.2	episode 127. The continental fighting had re-energized the New Jersey Patriot militia to attack British or Heshan soldiers whenever they ventured out in small groups or even some rather larger ones.
1:00.0	The fighting made it almost impossible for the British to forage for food or fuel in New Jersey over the winter.
1:07.0	Instead, they hunkered down in larger fortified bases and relied on supplies from New York to sustain them.
1:15.0	The British held a few strongholds in Northern New Jersey.
1:18.0	They kept armies in Elizabeth Town, Amboy, and Brunswick. While fighting the Forage War and keeping an eye on the British
1:26.4	Forces, General Washington had moved the bulk of his Continental Army to Morristown, New Jersey, about 30 miles due west of New York City.
1:37.3	From there he could maintain a defensive position in the Wachung Mountains.
1:41.8	He could pivot his army north if the British moved toward the Hudson River Valley
1:46.0	or to the south if the British moved once again across New Jersey toward Philadelphia.
1:52.0	Washington was also struggling to keep his Jersey toward Philadelphia.
1:52.8	Washington was also struggling to keep his army in the field.
1:57.0	Remember, the 10,000-man continental army that he had brought from Boston to New York had shrunk to about 2,000 just before he made the desperate
2:06.0	attack across the Delaware River on Trenton. That victory had helped with recruiting initially and inspired a lot more militia to turn out.
2:16.7	That said, even much of Washington's core of dedicated soldiers from the Trenton campaign had been expected to be released at the end of 1776
2:27.2	when their enlistments expired.
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