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| Source1 | Date | Description |
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| Simcoe, p74 | 7/15/1778 | Independent Cavalry Troops under Hovenden, James and Sandford, join the Queen's Rangers on outpost duty at Kingsbridge. |
| Simcoe, p79 | 7/18/1778 | Lord Cathcart appointed to command the newly formed British Legion of cavalry and infantry. |
| Simcoe, p79 | 8/1/1778 | Banastre Tarleton appointed Lt Colonel of the British Legion. Independent troops of Hovenden and James incorporated into the British Legion. |
| Ewald, p144 | 8/30/1778 | British Legion, under command of Lord Cathcart, joins Queen's Rangers at Kingsbridge. |
| Ewald, p144; Simcoe, p84-5 |
8/31/1778 | British Legion, along with Queen's Rangers, Ewald's Jägers, and Emmerick's Chaussers, engage in victorious skirmish with Stockbridge Indians at Mile Square Road/Valentine's Hill. |
| Simcoe, p86 | 9/16/1778 | British Legion, along with Queen's Rangers, Ewald's Jägers and Emmerick's Chaussers, make surprise attack on advance post of Americans under Colonel Nathaniel Gist at Valentine's Hill/Babcock Heights. |
| Ewald, p153 | 11/2/1778 to 11/5/1778 |
British Legion, along with Queen's Rangers and Ewald's Jägers, engage in several skirmishes with Americans in vicinity of Courlandt Manor, East Chester, Philipse's Manor while protecting a large detachment of workers assigned to demolish the houses of all disaffected persons. The lumber from the houses was to be transported to New York for the purpose of building barracks for the British troops in the city for the winter months. |
| Ewald, p158; Simcoe, p93 |
11/19/1778 | British Legion goes into winter quarters at Jericho, Long Island. Queen's Rangers go into winter quarters at Oyster Bay, Long Island. |
| Ewald, p160 | 5/27/1779 | British Legion leaves Long Island and is restationed at Valentine's Hill. |
| Simcoe, p101 | 5/27/1779 | Emmerick's Chaussers and Queen's Rangers also leave Long Island and restationed at Mile Square. |
| Ewald, p162 | 5/29/1779 to 6/27 1779 |
Clinton moves British Army, in New York area, up to Verplank's Point, including all the light troops. |
| Baurmeister, p291; Simcoe, p101 |
6/24/1779 | British Legion, accompanied by Queen's Rangers and Ewald's Jägers, surprised Colonel Samuel Drake at Crompound and returned with 47 prisoners and many head of cattle and sheep. |
| Ewald, p169 | 6/27/1779 | Clinton moves British Army including the light troops back to their original positions in New York area. |
| Remembrancer, 1779, p55-56; Boatner, p884 |
7/2/1779 | Under the overall command of Lt Colonel Banastre Tarleton, the British Legion, accompanied by the Queen's Rangers Hussars and the 17th Light Dragoons, conduct a raid on Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 2nd Continental Light Dragoons at Pound Ridge, 20 miles NE of White Plains. Total raiding force of 200 men conducted a round trip ride of 64 miles in 23 hours. |
| Ewald, p173; Simcoe, p104 |
7/30/1779 | British Legion, along with Queen's Rangers and Emmerick's Chaussurs and Ewald's Jägers have skirmish with force of enemy cavalry. in the vicinity of White Plains. |
| Ewald, p173; Simcoe, p105 |
8/5/1779 | British Legion and Queen's Ranger cavalry, along with Emmerick's Chaussers and Ewald's Jägers have skirmish with infantry and cavalry under Colonel Anthony Walton White in the vicinity of Mamaroneck and New Rochelle. |
| Ewald, p182 | 11/16/1779 | British Legion goes into winter quarters at Oyster Bay. |
| Ewald, p190 | 12/16/1779 to 12/19 /1779 |
British Army of 8,500 men embark at New York for the Southern Campaign, including the British Legion. |
| Ewald, p190 | 12/26/1779 | Fleet sets sail from New York City for Georgia and South Carolina. |
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