General James Grant, 4th of Ballindalloch was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and politician who served in the War of the Austrian Succession, French and Indian War and American War of
Portrait of Grant, c. 1770
Battle of Barren Hill
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The Battle of Barren Hill was a minor engagement during the American Revolution. On May 20, 1778, a British Army force attempted to encircle a smaller Continental Army force then under the command of
James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720)
…Grant devised the battle plans for the Battle of Brandywine Creek. Grant was unsuccessful in trapping Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, at the Battle of Barren Hill, on 20 May 1778. Lafayette held the position along the Schuylkill River with 2,200 troops and five guns. His front was picketed by 150 light infantry…
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789
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