The battles in the Jerseys and the significance of each . MlNUTEMAN. Springfield Presbyterian Church Showing Statui oi Mini rEMAN THE OPERATIONS Iu:FORE SPRINGFIELD The possession of Morristown, with its campand magazines, was essentia] to the Americancause. During June, 1780, the British made twoattempts to capture it, operating from Staten[aland. The tillages along the way are Elizabeth-port, Elizabethtown, Connecticut Farms, Spring-field and Vauxhall, and Chatham; the first half ofthe road is over level country, the Last half isamong hills and mountains. The real objectiveof the British was
The battles in the Jerseys and the significance of each . MlNUTEMAN. Springfield Presbyterian Church Showing Statui oi Mini rEMAN THE OPERATIONS Iu:FORE SPRINGFIELD The possession of Morristown, with its campand magazines, was essentia] to the Americancause. During June, 1780, the British made twoattempts to capture it, operating from Staten[aland. The tillages along the way are Elizabeth-port, Elizabethtown, Connecticut Farms, Spring-field and Vauxhall, and Chatham; the first half ofthe road is over level country, the Last half isamong hills and mountains. The real objectiveof the British was Morristown. Springfield is atthe edge of the foothills and constituted Morris-towns firs! line of defense. Both invasions brokedown at thai point; each of the British command-ers, when brought face to face with his real taskat Springfield, where the first serious resistancewould be offered, changed his mind, turned aboutand marched homeward. The first invasion was on June 6th, 1780; theother on dun. 28rd, seventeen day- later; theopposing generals in the first we
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