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    The Battle of Machias (August 13–14, 1777) was an amphibious assault on the Massachusetts town of Machias (in present-day eastern Maine) by British forces...
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    people of Machias captured additional British ships, and fought off a large force that tried to take control of the town in the Battle of Machias in 1777. Privateers...
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  • home to the University of Maine at Machias and Machias Valley Airport, a small public airport owned by the town. The word Machias roughly translates in...
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    Jonathan Eddy (category Year of birth uncertain)
    Massachusetts, the place of his birth. The following year, he led the defense of Machias, Maine during the Battle of Machias (1777). After the war, he established...
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    Battle of Machias (1777) (August 13–14) Battle of Bennington (August 16) Battle of Staten Island (August 22) Siege of Fort Henry (September 1) Battle...
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  • Battle of Trois-Rivières Battle of Valcour Island Battle of Fort Cumberland Battle of Machias (1777) Defeat of the Penobscot Expedition Naval battle off...
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  • expeditions of the war Boston campaign (1775–1776) Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776) New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia...
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  • Stephen Smith (privateer) (category People from Machias, Maine)
    Sandwich, Massachusetts - 29 September 1806, Machias, Maine) was a privateer and militia leader from Machias, Maine who fought in the Raid on St. John (1775)...
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    followed up by attacking Machias, intending to break Allan's plans. Eddy led the defense of Machias during the battle on August 13–15, 1777. (Collier's action...
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  • John Allan (colonel) (category People from Machias, Maine)
    fled across the border to the town of Machias, Maine, in which anti-British sentiment was rampant. He arrived in Machias on August 11, 1776, where he met...
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    the Battle of Machias (1777). However the Royal Navy was unable to establish naval supremacy. While many American privateers were captured in battles such...
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    was a significant exodus of Maliseet from the region to join the American forces at Machias. On Sunday, July 13, 1777, a party of between 400 and 500 men...
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  • in the Battle of Machias (1777). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.54 square miles (68.74 km2), of which 24...
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  • 1777) Siege of Fort Ticonderoga (1777) (July 2, 1777 – July 6, 1777) Battle of Hubbardton (July 7, 1777) Battle of Fort Anne (July 8, 1777) Siege of Fort...
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  • August 13–14 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Machias. August 16 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bennington – British forces are defeated...
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  • Samuel Hill (sea captain) (category People from Machias, Maine)
    February 20, 1777, in the small port town of Machias, Maine, during the American Revolutionary War. At the time Machias was a target of the Royal Navy...
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  • Siege of Fort Stanwix – 1777 – American Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany – 1777 – American Revolutionary War Battle of Machias (1777) – 1777 – American...
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    confluence of the Machias and East Machias Rivers. The earthworks were built in 1776, and attacked by British forces in the 1777 Battle of Machias. The site...
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  • Nathaniel Reynolds (category People of Massachusetts in the American Revolution)
    Battle of Machias, he improvised a privateer given the name "Machias Liberty" and boldly attacked the British ships. He managed to get the better of them...
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  • British ship Battle of Chelsea Creek 27–28 May - Patriots defeat Brits in the second battle of the American Revolutionary War Battle of Machias 11–12 June...
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    Battle of Ticonderoga Battle off Fairhaven Battle of Machias Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Great Bridge Battle of Great Cane Break 1776 Battle of Moore's...
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    Gen. Alexander Campbell House (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Maine)
    again active in the local militia, serving in the defense of Machias in the 1777 Battle of Machias and in the 1779 Penobscot Expedition. He was also politically...
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    Nova Scotia in the American Revolution (category History of Nova Scotia)
    British in the Battle of Machias. In response to this defeat, in July 1775, the British sent from Halifax two armed sloops to Machias, Province of Massachusetts...
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    Fort O'Brien (category Machias, Maine)
    Fort O'Brien State Historic Site, also known as Fort Machias, preserves the remains of a fort located in Machiasport, Maine that was built and destroyed...
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    wreck of HMS Halifax, which had apparently been run aground in Machias Bay by a patriot pilot in February 1775. After a heated negotiation, the Machias townspeople...
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    following the somewhat successful raid on Machias in 1777 and General John Burgoyne's failed Saratoga campaign, but most of their effort was directed at another...
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    Massachusetts Naval Militia (category State defense forces of the United States)
    from the town of Machias in the District of Maine (now the state of Maine) for protection and relief following the June Battle of Machias, in which a British...
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    Fort Howe (category Military history of Acadia)
    the Battle of Fort Cumberland. After the Battle of Fort Cumberland, the Americans again tried to attack Nova Scotia with the Siege of Saint John (1777)....
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    1775 Battle of Machias June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill August 8, 1775 Battle of Gloucester August 23 – November 3, 1775 Siege of Fort St. Jean September...
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    Maliseet from the region to join the American forces at Machias. On Sunday, 13 July 1777, a party of between 400 and 500 men, women, and children, embarked...
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