Chronological List of Battles

Involving Loyalist and Native Nation Forces

1778

by Rudy Scott Nelson


Mar 18: Quintan's Bridge, New Jersey. Loyalist and regulars under Simcoe defeat Patriots.
Mar 21 : Hancock's Bridge, New Jersey. Loyalist under Simcoe defeat NJ militia.

May 1: Crooked Billet, Pennsylvania. British forces of 400 converged light infantrymen + 300 Loyalist Rangers under Simcoe + Lgt Dragoon troop assaulted a Patriot fortified blockhouse garrisoned by at least 60 men. The patriots were routed.
May 8: Bordentown, New Jersey. A coastal raid to capture and/or bum suplies Loyalist were part of the 700- man British force. .
May 31 : Tiverton, Rhode Island. British force (150 men) under Prescott including Loyalists are stopped by a Patriot force (25 men) at Tiverton while part of the force succeeded in burning the adjacent town Fall River.

Jun 1 : Cobleskill, NY. Loyalist and Mohawks under Brant defeat a Patriot force w/ blockhouses.
Jun 28: Monmouth. The British rearguard (inc. Queen's American Rangers) under Cornwallis saw most of the actiom Other British units (inc Penn Drgns, Penn Loyalist, Guides, Maryland Loyalist, Roman Catholic Vol, and 2nd New Jersey Vol) continued to guard the baggage trains but could have been deployed if needed.
Jun 30: Alligator Bridge, Florida. Florida Rangers (East ?) (120) were surprised but defeated a Patriot cavalry force under Gen Robert Howe.

July 3-4: Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. A combined Loyalist (Butler's rangers + Johnson's Greens) (300) and Seneca force (600) under Maj John Butler destroys a Patriot Force (300 militia + 60 regulars) under Col Z. Butler.
Jul 18: Andrustown, New York. Mohawks under Brant burn the settlement.

Aug-Sept : Newport, Rhode island. Several operations took place in the area. Loyalist units included theKing's American Rgt, Loyal New Englanders and Prince of Wales Rgt.
Aug 31: Indian field, New York ?. Queen's Rangers and Mohawks ambush pro-Patriot Oneida warriors. Most of the Oneidas are killed.

Sept 13: German Flats, New York. A force of Johnson Greens (300) + 150 Mohawks under Brant bum the town but inflict only a few casualties.
Sept 16: Saw Mill River (Westchester) New York. A combined Loyalist force including troops under Simcoe (Queen's Rangers), Tarleton (British Legion) and Emmerick (Chasseurs) fail to capture a Patriot force under Col Gist.

Oct 6-8: Unadilla, New York. Patriot raid on Iroquois town.
Oct 15 : Little Egg Harbor Raid. Men of 71 st Highland + 3rd Bn New Jersey Vol (300 total) under Ferguson skirmished with Pulaski's Legion (300 + 1 gun).

Nov 11 : Cherry valley, New York. A raiding party under Cpt Walter Butler including Butler's Rangers (200)+ Senecas (500) + a few Mohawks (50) under Brant attack a Patriot settlement and a fort with 2 cannon and garrisoned by the 7th Mass. (350). Brant could not control the Senecas who attacked the town rather than the fort. The garrison refused to sortie out to help the settlers.
Nov 19: Spencer's Hill, Georgia. Lt Col McGirth and some Rangers and Loyal Refugees ambush a Patriot column under Col Baker. The Patriots retreated.
Nov 24: Midway Church, Georgia. British troops under Prevost (inc. Delancey NY Vol, Fl Rangers) attack Patriots under Col J. White.

Dec 17: Vincennes, Indiana. British force including 400 Indians from the Ohio Valley tribes capture the town.
Dec 25 ; Young's House , New York. Loyalist raiders under Maj Mansfield Bearmore skirmish and capture several Patriots.
Dec 29: Savannah, GA. British force inc 1st & 2nd Bns of Delancey's NY Loyalist Rgt (400); 3rd Bn Skinners NJ Vol (315); NY VOL- 205; Provential Lgt Inf (335)

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