Living history: The role of 'Brown Bess' in the British defeat at the Battle of Great Bridge – Daily Press dailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When British forces attacked Virginia Patriots at the Battle of Great Bridge on Dec. 9, 1775, most of the British soldiers were equipped with the British army’s muzzle-loading, Land Pattern, a smooth bore flintlock musket fixed with an intimidating 17-inch triangular bladed bayonet.
Maj. Gen. William Phillips, who led forces against Petersburg in American Revolution, is the highest-ranked UK army officer to not be buried in British soil