Citation - Connecticut Courant: 1780.02.22

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Index Entry Drummers, in New Haven, British casualties 
Location New Haven 
Citation
CC-H.780.004
22 Feb 1780:21 (787)
From the London Gazette, Oct. 6, Whitehall, October 5, 1779.
. . [22 lines of letter, Clinton to Germaine, describing
letter which follows]  Extract of a letter from Major
General Tryon to General Sir Henry Clinton, dated New York,
July 20, 1779. . .[220 lines describing Tryon's raid of New
Haven, Fairfield, and Norwalk]  Return of the killed,
wounded, and missing, of the King's troops, under the
command of his Excellency Major General Tryon, on an
expedition in the sound, from the 3d of July to the 14th of
July, 1779.  At New Haven. . . [5 lines listing casualties]
23d, or Royal Welch Fuzileers, 1 drummer, 1 rank and file,
wounded. 54th Regiment of foot.  1 serjeant, 5 rank and
file, killed; 2 officers, 1 drummer, 5 rank and file,
wounded; 1 serjeant, 7 rank and file missing. . . [13 lines
that continue listing casualties of the raid on New Haven,
including officer's names]. . . [10 lines listing casualties
at Fairfield]. . . [14 lines listing casualties at Norwalk].
. . [18 lines describing iron ordnance taken or destroyed]


Generic Title Connecticut Courant 
Date 1780.02.22 
Publisher Hudson & Goodwin 
City, State Hartford, CT 
Year 1780 
Bibliography B0012978
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