Connecticut Attacked : A British Viewpoint, Tryon's Raid on Danbury

America won the Revolutionary War against all odds.

They were outnumbered and outmaneuvered for the majority of the war, but a few strategic wins turned the tables.

One such strategic encounter occurred after the war was won-in Danbury, the British planned a massive raid on Danbury's magazine of stores in April 1777.

Robert McDevitt outlines the leading causes and comprehensive history of this tumultuous time from a British viewpoint. As one phase of the Bicentennial observation, The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut has authorized scholars in a wide range of study to write a series of monographs on the broadly defined Revolutionary Era of 1763 to 1787.

These monographs [appeared] yearly beginning in 1973 through 1980.

Emphasis is placed upon the birth of the nation, rather than on the winning of independence on the field of battle.