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Battle of Gloucester (1777)

1777 in New Jersey1777 in the United StatesBattles involving Great BritainBattles involving Hesse-KasselBattles involving the United States
Battles of the American Revolutionary War in New JerseyConflicts in 1777Gloucester County, New Jersey

The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought between November 25, 1777 and the early morning of November 26, 1777, during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was the first battlefield command for the Marquis de Lafayette.

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