Battle Of Gloucester
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| Dates | 1775-08-08 00:00:00 |
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| Includ in event | American Revolutionary War |
| Location2 | Gloucester |
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| ID | 3397020 |
About Battle Of Gloucester
The Battle of Gloucester was a skirmish fought early in the American Revolutionary War at Gloucester, Massachusetts on August 8 or 9, 1775. Royal Navy Captain John Linzee, commanding the sloop-of-war HMS Falcon, spotted two schooners that were returning from the West Indies.