The Flanking Attack

Watch as Britain’s elite soldiers assault American flank positions (Cressy Beach).

​While the British Marines make a frontal assault on the redoubt as a feint, the elite soldiers of Gage’s force (Grenadiers and Light Infantry) attempt to flank the American fortifications by attacking down a beach on the Mystic River.  These soldiers charge down the beach opposed by New Hampshire soldiers under Stark at a rail fence.  The New Hampshire soldiers give an incessant fire which shatters the attack and drives back the Grenadiers and Light Infantry.