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After failing to capture the Balcarres Redoubt, the Americans surged against the Crown Forces’ fortifications built here and, attacking relentlessly, overwhelmed this important defensive position just before nightfall on October 7, 1777. Never more than a crude barrier of logs, this fortification is now known as the Breymann Redoubt, named after the German officer who commanded the German Grenadier defenders.
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