Carleton's Raid (1780)

Template:Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Northern 1777

Capture of Fort Anne
Date October 10, 1780 Location {{{place}}} Result British Victory - capture of the garrison and destruction of Fort Anne
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain

Carleton's Raid in October of 1780 was the second offensive led by British Major Christopher Carleton in the upper Hudson Valley and Lake George region of New York. The attack was a part of the Burning of the Valleys campaign undertaken by British, Loyalist, and Haudenosaunee forces to make the settlers to abandon the territory and destroy crops grown to feed the Continental Army.

Battle of Bloody Pond and Capture of Fort George
Date October 11, 1780 Location {{{place}}} Result British Victory - capture and destruction of Fort George
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain

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