The Affair at Little Egg Harbor took place on October 15, 1778, in South Jersey during the American Revolutionary War. American Loyalists commanded by Patrick Ferguson surprised an outpost of Patriot Kazimierz Pułaski‘s Legion at night, killing 45 and capturing five. The raid took place about one week after the Battle of Chestnut Neck, a British raid aimed at suppressing privateers who used the area as a base to harass and seize British ships and their cargoes.
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