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British Retreat Marker

9VVX+H22 Middletown Township, New Jersey, USA

New Jersey

state

NJ - Monmouth

county

NJ - Trenton

city

MARKER

TICKETED:

NO

PARKING:

NO

RESTROOMS:

NO

Seeking the protection of Middletown's hills on the 29th of June 1778, the day after the Battle of Monmouth, the main British army under Gen. Sir Henry Clinton withdrew along this road toward Sandy Hook, whence they embarked for New York a week later.

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Henry Clinton

Lieutenant General

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