. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. een thecontending armies occurred. The local militiahaving destroyed a bridge over Crosswicks Creek,a detachment of the Kings troops attempted torepair the damage, when several Americans werekilled. At Crosswicks village another encountertook place at a bridge, in which there was loss oflife, cannon balls from a battery of the localmilitia striking the meeting house of the Societyof Friends and leaving marks still plainly visible. The morning of the 26th of June found GeneralClinton at Freehold, where the court house of th
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. een thecontending armies occurred. The local militiahaving destroyed a bridge over Crosswicks Creek,a detachment of the Kings troops attempted torepair the damage, when several Americans werekilled. At Crosswicks village another encountertook place at a bridge, in which there was loss oflife, cannon balls from a battery of the localmilitia striking the meeting house of the Societyof Friends and leaving marks still plainly visible. The morning of the 26th of June found GeneralClinton at Freehold, where the court house of theCounty of Monmouth, from which the succeedingbattle took its name, is situated. The front of theretreating British lay a mile and a half beyondFreehold on the Middletown road. On the high-way from Cranbury to Freehold was Clintons left,protected by swamps and ravines. As the Britishentered Freehold the Americans arrived in Cran-bury, eight miles distant. General Lee was inadvance, only five miles from the British. To Leecame an order from Washington directing him to. THB BATTLEGROUND AT MONM-MTH. ONY AND AS A STATE 207 attack Clinton unless, as stated by the lateFrederick D. Stone, it should prove that therewere strong reasons for his not doing so. Lee,however, delayed the attack, and on the morningof the 28th General Knyphausen began an ad-vance tow^ard Middletown, follow^ed by the mainarmy, the rear being assailed by militia underGeneral Dickinson. The New Jersey troops, thus forced back, weremet by Lee advancing, and, reforming, engagedthe British rear, which had been reinforced. Lee,attempting to decoy the British rear from themain army, indulged in a number of strategicmovements, which being misunderstood by hismen disheartened them, and a retreat ensued. Asthe soldiers retired in confusion, they were met,says a Whig newspaper account of the time, byGeneral Washington with the main army, whichformed on the first advantageous ground * * *In the meantime two field pieces, c
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