| Index Entry | Drums, in Long Island, beat to arms for retreat of troops from Red Lyon |
| Location | Long Island |
| Citation | EJMP.776.052 13 Sep 1776:31 (3/141) Extract of a letter from an officer in Col. Attlee's Battalion, of Pennsylvania, August 27. Yesterday about 120 of our men went as a [ ]rd to a place called Red Lyon, on Long Island . . . About four o'clock this morning the alarm was given, by beating to arms, when the remainder of our battalion, accompanied by the Delaware and Maryland battalions went to the place, where our men retreated from. . . |
| Generic Title | Essex Journal |
| Date | 1776.09.13 |
| Publisher | Mycall, John |
| City, State | Newburyport, MA |
| Year | 1776 |
| Bibliography | B0016444 |