. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . a formidable British fleet occupying the widewaters between Capes Flenlopen and May. Herecame Commander Beresford with the Poictiers,Captain Richard Byron with the Belvidera, andan auxiliary force demanding provisions and wa-ter from the inhabitants of the pilot-town ofLewes, Delaware. With cries of Do YourWorst! the Delawareans refused to comply, suf-fering a severe but ineffectual bombardment. In-stantly the militia of the State of Delaware andWest Jersey were in arms and the bay was in aturmoil, so much resistance bein
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . a formidable British fleet occupying the widewaters between Capes Flenlopen and May. Herecame Commander Beresford with the Poictiers,Captain Richard Byron with the Belvidera, andan auxiliary force demanding provisions and wa-ter from the inhabitants of the pilot-town ofLewes, Delaware. With cries of Do YourWorst! the Delawareans refused to comply, suf-fering a severe but ineffectual bombardment. In-stantly the militia of the State of Delaware andWest Jersey were in arms and the bay was in aturmoil, so much resistance being offered that theBritish fleet sailed away for the Bermudas andthe blockade was temporarily raised. In the early summer of 1813 Philadelphia putherself upon the aggressive. Under skillful com-mand a gunboat squadron left the city for servicein the Delaware River, and soon proved its effi-ciency by its attack upon the British sloop-of-warMartin, which had gone ashore at CrowsShoals. In a brilliant charge gunboat 121 wascaptured by the British, towed outside the Capes,. 100 NEW JERSEY AS A COL
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