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BATTLE OF RHODE ISLAND

The Battle of Rhode Island occurred on August the 29th, 1778 during the American War of Independence Newport, Rhode Island, had been seized and garrisoned by the British with 6000 men under Piggott. Sullivan and Lafayette on land and Count d'Estaing on sea concerted an attack. Butts' Hill on Rhode Island was seized by Sullivan. D'Estaing was forced to meet Howe and the English fleet, but a terrible storm averted battle, and Estaing retired to Boston to refit. Pigott attempted to carry Butts' Hill on August the 29th. The British met with a bloody repulse. The Americans, however, fled with the arrival of Clinton with 5000 reinforcements.
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