SKETCH/ of the POSITION of the BRITISH FORCES/ at/ ELIZABETH TOWN POINT/ after their RETURN from CONNECTICUT FARM,/ in the PROVINCE of EAST JERSEY:/ under the Command of/ HIS EXCELL.Y LEIUTN.T GEN.L KNYPHAUSEN,/ on the 8.th June 1780.

Date1784

Cartographer Lieutenant John Hills (fl. 1777-1817)

Publisher William Faden (1750-1836)

OriginEngland, London

MediumLine engraving on laid paper with hand color

DimensionsOverall: 24 3/4 × 20 7/8in. (62.9 × 53cm) Framed: 34 1/8 × 29 3/4 × 1 1/16in.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1975-74

DescriptionText in the upper right corner reads: "SKETCH/ of the POSITION of the BRITISH FORCES/ at/ ELIZABETH TOWN POINT/ after their RETURN from CONNECTICUT FARM,/ in the PROVINCE of EAST JERSEY:/ under the Command of/ HIS EXCELL.Y LEIUTN.T GEN.L KNYPHAUSEN,/ on the 8.th June 1780,/ By John Hills, Lieut.t 23.d Reg.t & Ass.t Eng.r"

Text in the lower left reads: "LONDON./ Published by Will.m Faden, Geographer to the KING,/ Charing Cross, April, 12.th 1784."
Label TextA Sketch of the Position of the British Forces at Elizabeth Town Point documents the positions of British and Hessian troops under the command of General Wilhelm von Knyphausen after their unsuccessful raid on Springfield, New Jersey. While General Clinton was in Charleston, South Carolina, Knyphausen assumed temporary command of the British army in New York. He organized a raid on Washington’s army at Morristown, New Jersey. Landing at De Hart’s Point on June 7, 1780, the forces advanced toward Washington’s camp. They were met at Springfield Bridge by an American regiment and were forced to retreat. During the night of June 8, Knyphausen removed his troops to the site of the present city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, where they constructed the fortifications recorded on John Hills’s plan.