Rev250-032 The Battle of Gloucester

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.6 • 938 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In the first week of August, 1775, the British Navy gets another lesson about trying to go near the land in hostile territory. For more American Revolution stories, check out the American Revolution Podcast at https://blog.amrevpodcast.com 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.
0:04.6	Hello, and thanks for joining Revolution 250, where we look at events that took place 250 years ago this week.
0:13.6	This is from the American Revolution podcast, just a short bonus episode to remind you about these important anniversaries of the Revolutionary War.
0:22.8	This week, we remember the Battle of Gloucester.
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0:55.6	criteria and fees apply. The first week of August 1775 was a relatively quiet one. On August 3rd,
1:03.6	General Washington held a Council of War to discuss how they could address the fact that the
1:08.1	Continental Army was almost completely out of gunpowder.
1:12.0	Later in the week, Captain Daniel Morgan arrived in Cambridge with his company of Virginia Rifleman.
1:18.1	These were the first soldiers from Virginia, aside from a few generals, to join the Continental Army.
1:24.6	The big news for the week, though, was a naval skirmish off the coast of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
1:30.6	The British Navy was trying to shut down all ship-based commerce in the colonies.
1:35.4	Another part of the Navy's mission was to find supplies for the British Army in Boston.
1:40.5	Captain John Lindsay commanded the British sloop of war, the Falcon.
1:45.4	This was a relatively small ship with only 16 cannons.
1:49.3	On August 5th, the Falcon deployed 50 sailors and Marines to capture a flock of sheep near Gloucester.
1:56.9	The locals managed to gather about six men armed with muskets.
2:02.9	They began firing on the British from a concealed position. The foraging party ended up withdrawing back to their ship. A few days later,
2:09.6	on August 8th, the falcon spotted two merchant ships headed for Salem. They managed to capture one of the
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