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==Aftermath== |
==Aftermath== |
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News reached [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]] the day after the attack. General [[George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe|George Howe]] immediately came up the river with the [[42nd Foot|42nd Regiment]], but found nothing more than the smoking ruins of the settlement. |
News reached [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]], 60 miles to the east along the Mohawk river, the day after the attack. General [[George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe|George Howe]] immediately came up the river with the [[42nd Foot|42nd Regiment]], but found nothing more than the smoking ruins of the settlement. |
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Most of the prisoners were later exchanged for those held by the British. Gradually the German residents returned and rebuilt the settlement. During the [[American Revolutionary War]], German Flatts was [[Attack on German Flatts (1778)|attacked]] in 1778, with considerable loss of life and crops. Fighting on the frontier in the valley was fierce during those years. |
Most of the prisoners were later exchanged for those held by the British. Gradually the German residents returned and rebuilt the settlement. During the [[American Revolutionary War]], German Flatts was [[Attack on German Flatts (1778)|attacked]] in 1778, with considerable loss of life and crops. Fighting on the frontier in the valley was fierce during those years. |
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