| Index Entry | Drums, in Long Island, beat to arms for American retreat |
| Location | Long Island |
| Citation | CJ-B.776.029 12 Sep 1776:31 (16) Extract of a letter from an officer in Col. Attlee's Battalion, of Pennsylvania, August 27. Yesterday about 120 of our men went out as a guard to a place called Red Lion, on Long-Island; . . . [8 lines] About four o'clock this morning the alarm was given, by beating to arms, when the remainder of our battalion, accompanied by the Delaware and Maryland battalion, went to the place, where our men retreated from. . . |
| Generic Title | Continental Journal |
| Date | 1776.09.12 |
| Publisher | Gill, John |
| City, State | Boston, MA |
| Year | 1776 |
| Bibliography | B0015559 |