Invasion of Jersey (1779)

Invasion of Jersey
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Major Moses Corbet, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, Phillippe Jean
DateMay 1, 1779
Location
Result British victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain  France
Commanders and leaders
Moses Corbet
Mariot Arbuthnot
Karl von Siegen
Phillipe Rullecourt
Strength
78th Regiment
Jersey Militia
Several warships
Casualties and losses
Unknown wounded 15–18 drowned
20 captured

The Invasion of Jersey was a failed French attack on British-held Jersey in 1779, during the American Revolutionary War.