The Battle of Crooked Billet, Battlefield Pennsylvania
On May 1, 1778, British soldiers under Major John Simcoe surprised sleeping and outnumbered patriots under Brigadier General John Lacey with a dawn attack near the Crooked Billet Tavern, forcing the patriots to withdraw.
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