| Index Entry | Drums, in London, beat to arms, for escape of American prisoners from Forton |
| Location | London |
| Citation | CG-NL.778.006 24 Apr 1778:22 (15/754) London, December 6. This evening the drums beat to arms, the prisoners at Forton having rose in a body to the number of 40, and forced their way out of the prison; and notwithstanding a stronger guard was immediately sent for from Portsmouth, and sent different ways round the county eighteen of them made their escape, among whom is the Captain of the Oliver Cromwell, a most daring and resolute man. |
| Generic Title | Connecticut Gazette-New London |
| Date | 1778.04.24 |
| Publisher | Green, Timothy |
| City, State | New London, CT |
| Year | 1778 |
| Bibliography | B0014314 |