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The Burning of Norfolk was an incident that occurred on January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. British Royal Navy ships in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia, began shelling the town, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific properties. The town, whose significantly Tory (Loyalist) population had fled, was occupied by Whig (Revolutionary) forces from Virginia and North Carolina. Although these forces worked to drive off the landing parties, they did nothing to impede the progress of the flames, and began burning and looting Tory properties.

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  • Burning of Norfolk (en)
  • ノーフォーク焼き討ち (ja)
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  • ノーフォーク焼き討ち(英: Burning of Norfolk)は、アメリカ独立戦争中の1776年1月1日に起きた出来事である。現在のバージニア州ノーフォーク港にいたイギリス海軍の艦船が町に対する砲撃を始め、部隊が上陸して特定の建物を焼いた。ロイヤリストが多かったノーフォークの町民は逃亡し、バージニア植民地とノースカロライナ植民地から来た愛国者民兵隊が占領した。この愛国者部隊はイギリス軍上陸部隊を追い出そうとしたが、火災の進行を止めようとはせず、ロイヤリスト資産の焼却と略奪を始めた。 3日後に町の大半は破壊し尽くされたが、これは主に愛国者部隊の仕業だった。さらに2月初旬、イギリス軍が町に残っている資産を使わないよう、愛国者部隊が町を完全に破壊した。バージニアのイギリス当局にとってノーフォークは最後の重要な足がかりだった。イギリス軍はその後暫くはバージニア海岸部に対する襲撃を続けたが、バージニア植民地最後の総督となった第4代ダンモア伯ジョン・マーレイは1776年8月にバージニアを離れ、その後は戻らなかった。 (ja)
  • The Burning of Norfolk was an incident that occurred on January 1, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War. British Royal Navy ships in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia, began shelling the town, and landing parties came ashore to burn specific properties. The town, whose significantly Tory (Loyalist) population had fled, was occupied by Whig (Revolutionary) forces from Virginia and North Carolina. Although these forces worked to drive off the landing parties, they did nothing to impede the progress of the flames, and began burning and looting Tory properties. (en)
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