Series of military raids by British troops during the American Revolutionary War
This article is about the American Revolutionary military actions. Not to be confused with the May 1997 Battle Of Freetown in Sierra Leone.
Mount Hope Bay raids
Part of the American Revolutionary War
General Sir Robert Pigot (portrait by Francis Cotes), the organizer of the raids
Date
May 25 and 31, 1778
Location
Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island; present-day Fall River, Massachusetts (then part of Freetown)
Result
British victory
Belligerents
United States
Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
William Barton (May 25) Joseph Durfee (May 31)
Sir Robert Pigot (Commander In-Chief) John Campbell (May 25) Edmund Eyre (May 31)
Strength
May 25: 500 regulars and volunteers May 31: 40 militia
May 25: 500 regulars 2 frigates May 31: 100–150 regulars
Casualties and losses
May 25: 69 civilian prisoners taken[1] May 31: 1 captured[2]
May 25: 11 wounded, 2 captured[1] May 31, at Freetown: 2 killed, 5 wounded[2] May 31, at Bristol Ferry: 2–3 killed, 1–2 wounded[3][4][5]
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Northern coastal theater
Ridgefield
Sag Harbor
2nd Machias
Setauket
Mount Hope Bay
Newport
Grey's raid
Chestnut Neck
Little Egg Harbor
Tryon's raid (Norwalk, Fairfield)
Penobscot Expedition
Cape Split
Fort St. George
Annapolis Royal
Cape Ann
Groton Heights
Fort Slongo
Lunenburg
The Mount Hope Bay raids were a series of military raids conducted by British troops during the American Revolutionary War against communities on the shores of Mount Hope Bay on May 25 and 31, 1778. The towns of Bristol and Warren, Rhode Island were significantly damaged, and Freetown, Massachusetts (present-day Fall River) was also attacked, although its militia resisted British attacks more successfully. The British destroyed military defenses in the area, including supplies that had been cached by the Continental Army in anticipation of an assault on British-occupied Newport, Rhode Island. Homes as well as municipal and religious buildings were also destroyed in the raids.
On May 25, 500 British and Hessian soldiers, under orders from General Sir Robert Pigot, the commander of the British garrison at Newport, Rhode Island, landed between Bristol and Warren, destroyed boats and other supplies, and plundered Bristol. Local resistance was minimal and ineffective in stopping the British activities. Six days later, 100 soldiers descended on Freetown, where less damage was done because local defenders prevented the British from crossing a bridge.
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^Lieutenant Frederick Mackenzie diary, May 31, 1778 entry
^Journal of H.M. frigate Flora, Captain John Brisbane, May 31, 1778, transcribed in "Naval Documents of the American Revolution, Volume 12", p. 496-497
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