To be clear, the actual burning of Falmouth took place on October 18, but the events that led directly to it happened on this day.

Captain Henry Mowat had been captured by patriots in Falmouth some time earlier. When he returned, he brought five gunships with him. When he demanded that the locals swear allegiance to King George III, he gave the command that laid waste to the town.

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