- Chesapeake raid
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American
Revolutionary War:
North American Waters- 1st Machias
- Gloucester
- Falmouth
- Block Island
- 2nd Machias
- Newport
- Grey's raid
- Chesapeake raid
- Tryon's raid
- Penobscot
- Cape Henry
- Cape Breton
- Capture of USS Trumbull
- 1st Chesapeake Bay
- Capture of HMS Savage
- Delaware Bay
- Halifax
- Lunenburg
- Hudson Bay
- 2nd Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake raid was an American Revolutionary War campaign by British naval forces under the command of Commodore Sir George Collier and land forces led by Major General Edward Mathew. Between May 10 and May 24, 1779, these forces raided economic and military targets up and down the Chesapeake Bay. The speed with which the British moved caught many of the bay's communities by surprise, and there was no effective resistance. The British destroyed economically important supplies of tobacco and coal, and destroyed naval ships, port facilities, and storehouses full of military supplies.
References
- Russell, David. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies
Coordinates: 38°3′24.27″N 76°11′44.44″W / 38.0567417°N 76.1956778°W
Categories:- United States battle stubs
- British battle stubs
- Conflicts in 1779
- Virginia in the American Revolution
- Maryland in the American Revolution
- Battles of the American Revolutionary War
- Battles involving Great Britain
- Battles involving the United States
- 1779 in Maryland
- 1779 in Virginia
- Military raids
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