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Benedict Arnold came to Ridgefeild, Connecticut to fight the British who landed on Compo Beach in Westport in April of 1777. Arnold and his army marched to Danbury where the British were destroying homes and buildings of the colonists. When General Arnold and General David Wooster marched through Redding, they attacked the Redcoats.There were 600 men on the American side. Arnold's horse was shot 9 times because the muskets had really bad aim and then Arnold got stuck under the horse when it fell. 80 British men were killed. When the horse fell on Benidict Arnod ared coat started yelling serender you are my prisoner, Then once he pulled himself free he grabbed his pistol and replied "not yet!" he then killed the red coat instintly. Arnold and his troups put into attcak again the next morning some loyalist ratted them out and the Britsih were thenable to escape. A time before, John Adams congratulated him for his "vigilance, activity and bravery in the late affair at Connectucut". John Hancock said that "his actions were highly approved by congress."
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