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Descent on Springfield, N. J.

From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II.  Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. June 24.—Yesterday morning, the British marched in force from Elizabethtown, New Jersey, under command of the unprincipled, mercenary Knyphausen. After driving in the American pickets, they reached Connecticut Farms about sunrise, where a scattering fire began between them and…