Filmed on the original Battlefield (Monmouth Battlefield State Park in Freehold, New Jersey), this battle re-enactment documentary recalls the hot summer day of June 28, 1778, when the American and British forces clashed under the direction of Continental Army General George Washington and British General Sir Henry Clinton. The hottest, longest, and largest artillery battle of the American Revolutionary War. Preparing to march out of Valley Forge, Washington had called a council of war to establish a strategy of battle against Clinton in neighboring New Jersey; the council agreed to avoid a major confrontation with General Clinton, and instead to send a small number of Patriot troops to harass the enemy's right and left flanks. When Washington arrived at nearby Englishtown on that morning of June 28, he ordered his generals to attack the British. General Charles Lee, who had been opposed to an all-out engagement with the British, was reluctant to attack, but he and his advance force were drawn into battle by British forces. In the confusion of battle, Lee ordered his troops to retreat. Angered, General Washington, directed Lee and "Mad" Anthony Wayne to fight a delaying action, while he took direct command of the Continental troops and organized them in a defensive position. For the rest of the day, the two armies clashed in the oppressive heat, finally withdrawing after 5 o' clock from exhaustion. Washington planned to resume the battle on the next day, but General Clinton and his men slipped away, undetected by Washington's army, shortly after midnight. Neither side emerged a clear winner of the battle, but the American forces had proved themselves as a professional fighting force. Molly Hayes, known today as Molly Pitcher, was at Freehold that unbearably hot day bringing water to her husband and his fellow gunners as they fired their cannon. When she returned from fetching water, she discovered that her husband had fallen in battle. She immediately took his place, serving as a gunner for the remainder of the battle. Legend says that she was presented to General Washington after the battle. Of the 26,000 troops in the battle, 1,300 were casualties. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL AND SHARE THIS VIDEO TO HELP US GROW AND KEEP HISTORY HAPPENING! http://www.lionheart-filmworks.com Some other videos you might like on our Channel: American Revolution 1775 - The Battle of Bunker Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rygvvu3ETww&t;=5s Revolutionary War "Battle of Green Spring" Part 1 - 225th Anniv.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t_GxYpAtM4 Revolutionary War - Von Steuben's Musket Drill HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs1A5Q45FgM "Civil War Uniforms of Blue & Grey - The Evolution" Volume 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8MAlu2NEps&t;=25s The Patriot Stand on Lexington Green - April 19th, 1775: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=723BhPJAS2o&t;=8s 400 Evolution of the United States Army Uniform: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Q6RyDFAJI&t;=21s Rev War "Von Steuben's Continentals: The First American Army" Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIvCdz90TrE&t;=18s ✈️🚁⭐ *** ONE WAY YOU CAN SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL! If you love military history, and to collect and model the great warbirds of the past - please visit our friends at Air Models in the UK - Each purchase really helps this channel out: http://airmodels.net/?aff=60 *** #lionheartfilmworks #militaryhistory

• published: 28 Jun 2020
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