Expedition (British), marauding, to Hampton, in 1813, under Cockburn, [532.]
Expedition (British), marauding, against Lower Virginia, under Dunmore, in 1775--Sends Soldiers ashore at Norfolk to seize Holt's printing Establishment--Corporation sends aboard Letter of Remonstrance to Dunmore--Attack upon Hampton and other Points on Elizabeth and James Rivers--Penetrates Princess Anne County to plunder and lay waste--Declares open War against Lower Virginia--Attempts to bring Indians against Colonies--Norfolk Comity called to Arms under Woodford and Bullitt--Dunmore constructs Batteries and Intrenchments at Norfolk--Arms Tories and Blacks--Orders country People to send in Cattle, [534;] Fortifies Passage of Elizabeth River at Great Bridge-- Battle at Great Bridge--British driven off in Confusion to the Norfolk Side--The killed and wounded--Treatment of Prisoners--Dunmore greatly exasperated--Woodford enters Norfolk in Triumph--Joined by General Howe-- Dunmore abandons his Intrenchments--Distress prevails in his Ships-- Fired upon by Americans--Arrival of British Frigate _Liverpool_-- Commences bombarding Norfolk, [536;] Lays Town in Ashes--Distress of the People--British driven back to their Ships with Loss, [537;] Operates at Gwyn's Island, and then joins naval Force in New York--Sails to England-- Amount of Property destroyed, [538.]
Expedition (British), marauding, to Virginia, in 1781, under Cornwallis-- Reaches Roanoke at Halifax--Tarleton's Corps sent forward as Advance Guard--Commits Outrages on Inhabitants and Property--Arrives at Petersburg--Joined by Arnold--Cornwallis assumes chief Command, [547;] Receives Re-enforcements from New York at Westover--Marches to ward Richmond--Attempts to intercept Wayne and La Fayette--Sends Simcoe to Point of Fork to surprise Stuben--Dispatches Tarleton and Champagne to attempt Capture of Jefferson and Members of Virginia Legislature at Charlottesville--Attempts to destroy American Stores at Albemarle Old Court House--Hastens to Williamsburg, [550.]
Expedition (British), marauding, to North Carolina, under Sir Henry Clinton, in 1776, [587.]
Expedition (British), under Mawhood, against military Posts in New Jersey, in 1778--Skirmish between Simcoe's Rangers and Americans, under Smith, at Quintan's Bridge--Enemy foiled, [344;] Simcoe proceeds to Hancock's Bridge--Massacre of all the inmates of Hancock's House--Return to Philadelphia, [345.]
Expedition (British) to Virginia, under Arnold, Philips, and Cornwallis, in 1780--Departure of Arnold from New York-Detained by contrary Winds--Enters Hampton Roads--Proceeds to Jamestown and Westover, [433;] Lands his Forces--Marches toward Richmond, [434;] Takes Possession of the Town--Destroys the Cannon Foundery and Magazine--Plunders Houses, [435;] Burns public and private Buildings and other property--Withdraws to Westover--Re-embarks--Commits other Depredations on the River and Shores of Virginia Bays--Pursued by Americans--Establishes Head quarters at Portsmouth, [436;] Skirmish of Simcoe's Rangers at Long Bridge with American Videttes, [443;] At Charles City Court House--Simcoe collects his Prisoners and joins Arnold at Westover, [444;] Cornwallis arrives, in 1781, at Petersburg, from North Carolina--Proceeds to Portsmouth-Pursued by La Fayette and Wayne--Battle at Spencer's Ordinary--Stratagem of Simcoe, [464;] March of Cornwallis for Jamestown Island, [465;] Battle at Jamestown Ford, [467;] Americans retreat to Point near Jamestown--Cornwallis to Portsmouth--Tarleton dispatched to destroy American Stores at New London (Va.)--Meets Cornwallis at Suffolk--Whole Army return to Portsmouth--Number of killed and wounded in Battle, [468.]
Expedition, under Braddock, against the French at Fort Duquesne in 1755--Marches from Alexandria to Will's Creek--Destruction of Fort Cumberland--Braddock separates his Army into two Divisions--Joins Washington at Junction of Youghiogheny and Monongahela Rivers--Leaves Dunbar in command of Fort Cumberland--Proceeds to Fort Duquesne, [477;] Alarm of the French--Conflict ensues--Confusion of both Parties-Washington adopts provincial Mode of Fighting--Awful Carnage--Braddock killed, [478;] Utter Defeat of the British--Loss and wounded, [479.]
Expeditions of Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh to colonize Virginia, [448,] [449,] [450,] [451.]
Expedition to Virginia by Gosnold, Weymouth, and Pring, [451.]
Expedition, under Forbes, against Fort Duquesne in 1758--Washington and Byrd proceed to Will's Creek--Boquet exceeds his Instructions--Grant attempts to capture Fort Duquesne--Retreat with Loss--French pursue and attack Boquet's Camp--Battle--French burn Fort Duquesne on approach of Forbes--Escape down the Ohio--Forbes takes Possession of Ruins of the Fort--Establishes a Garrison, and names it after Pitt--Returns, with principal Officers, to Williamsburg, [480.]