HAMPTON, VA
\hˈamptən], \hˈamptən], \h_ˈa_m_p_t_ə_n]\
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Was attacked out of revenge by Admiral Warren, after his defeat at Craney Island. A battery and 500 Virginia militia defended the village. Some 2500 British were landed, and soon drove the militia in defeat. The Americans lost thirty men, the British fifty. The village was then pillaged and several women outraged. Deep indignation was aroused on both sides of the sea, and an investigation was made by a British commission.
By John Franklin Jameson
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