the staff of the Ridgewood blog and the Bergen County Historical Society
River Edge NJ, on March 23, 1780, British forces launched a multi-front attack across Bergen County, striking Little Ferry, Hackensack, Paramus Road, and Ridgewood before culminating at the strategic New Bridge. This event marked the beginning of the “War of Outposts,” a series of incursions into New Jersey that would eventually lead to the battles of Springfield and Connecticut Farms in June of the same year.
