This Day in History: April 6

On April 6, 1778, a large party of British, mostly "Greens" and "Highlanders," landed on the south side of Shark River Inlet and destroyed both salt works there. The troops were reported to have been 135 in number; while they were at work on the second building, they were surprised by a body of 15 mounted militiamen, who routed them so badly that the British sank two of their own flat-bottomed boats in re-embarking. [More]