074.Fort Mercer_CL - WDS American Revolutionary War
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Date: 22 October 1777 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Small - Location: On the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, ~5.5 miles SSW of downtown Philadelphia, Penn.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - On the night of October 18, 1777, Hessian Colonel Carl von Donop led 2,200 Hessians out from Philadelphia and across the Delaware River to Cooper's Ferries. Troops were unloaded while Jägers pushed the New Jersey militias back. Von Donop was soon on the march and made his camp at Haddonfield, New Jersey. Colonel Christopher Greene, commanding Fort Mercer, was made aware of the Hessian advance and redoubled the efforts of his 300 Rhode Islanders to make Fort Mercer more defensible. Studying the fort, von Donop requested more artillery, but General William Howe ordered him to wait for the British fleet to come upriver to assist. If Donop could not capture the fort, the British would.
Von Donop set out from Haddonfield on the morning of the 22nd. Arriving at the fort in the afternoon he called on Greene to surrender: "The King of England orders his rebellious subjects to lay down their arms". Greene responded with: "We ask no quarter, nor will we give any". Von Donop swore "Either that will be Fort Donop or I shall be dead". The Hessians began their assault in the late afternoon. Von Donop would be true to his word.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Fighting for Philadelphia: Forts Mercer and Mifflin, the Battle of Whitemarsh, and the Road to Valley Forge by Michael C Harris.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - On the night of October 18, 1777, Hessian Colonel Carl von Donop led 2,200 Hessians out from Philadelphia and across the Delaware River to Cooper's Ferries. Troops were unloaded while Jägers pushed the New Jersey militias back. Von Donop was soon on the march and made his camp at Haddonfield, New Jersey. Colonel Christopher Greene, commanding Fort Mercer, was made aware of the Hessian advance and redoubled the efforts of his 300 Rhode Islanders to make Fort Mercer more defensible. Studying the fort, von Donop requested more artillery, but General William Howe ordered him to wait for the British fleet to come upriver to assist. If Donop could not capture the fort, the British would.
Von Donop set out from Haddonfield on the morning of the 22nd. Arriving at the fort in the afternoon he called on Greene to surrender: "The King of England orders his rebellious subjects to lay down their arms". Greene responded with: "We ask no quarter, nor will we give any". Von Donop swore "Either that will be Fort Donop or I shall be dead". The Hessians began their assault in the late afternoon. Von Donop would be true to his word.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: Fighting for Philadelphia: Forts Mercer and Mifflin, the Battle of Whitemarsh, and the Road to Valley Forge by Michael C Harris.
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