Mr. John James Lambert: The British, on the 28th of April, 1777, were civil but hungry, asking for bread. Mother happened to be baking and gave them all she had. They baked more, which was taken by the rear guard. I asked again when the Americans came hungry, and she fed them. Col. Heard said he kept the British dragon officer off by swinging his sword behind him. [margin: PARIS] Joshua I. King,…

Glover and Joseph Hyde, of Greenfield. [page break] The British encampment at Ridgefield was half or three quarters of a mile from the village on an elevated plain or ridge of land on the east of and adjacent to the Norwalk road. They had several out posts or picket guards. One, on the high hill a quarter of a mile west of the village; one east of that, and near where Colonel Gould and others fe…