Raid on Elizabethtown and Newark
During the night of 25 January 1780, British forces staged simultaneous raids into Elizabethtown and Newark in New Jersey.
| Raid on Elizabethtown and Newark | |||||||
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| Part of the American Revolutionary War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Great Britain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Col. Abraham van Buskirk Capt. William Steward | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown |
At least 400 infantry 60 light dragoons More than 40 loyalist militia | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| approx. 67 captured. | 2 killed, 3 captured | ||||||
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