On June 30th, 1778, a force of 300 American cavalry commanded by Colonel Elijah Clarke, participating in General Robert Howe's invasion of Florida, attacked a British column at Alligator Creek Bridge but were unable to penetrate the nearby entrenchments of 450 British regulars and South Carolina Royalists under Major James Marc Prevo. In the skirmish, Colonel Clarke was wounded and the Americans withdrew. The next day the British retired in the direction of the St. Johns River. Casualties were 13 Americans and 9 British.