Battle of Matson's Ford

Battle of Matson's Ford
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date December 11, 1777 Location Matson's Ford, near present-day Conshohocken and West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Result British victory
Belligerents
Pennsylvania militia	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
John Lacey James Potter	Lord Cornwallis
Strength
Unknown	3,500
Casualties and losses
5 or 6 killed 20 wounded 20 captured[1]	Unknown

The Battle of Matson's Ford was a battle in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on December 11, 1777 in the area surrounding Matson's Ford (present-day Conshohocken and West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania). In this series of minor skirmish actions, advance patrols of Pennsylvania militia encountered a British foraging expedition and were overrun. The British pushed ahead to Matson's Ford, where units of the Continental Army were making their way across the Schuylkill River. The Americans retreated to the far side, destroying their temporary bridge across the Schuylkill. The British left the area the next day to continue foraging elsewhere; the Continentals crossed the river at Swede's Ford (present-day Norristown) to Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, a few miles upriver from Matson's Ford.