On this day 250 years ago in Paris, France, King Louis XVI of France committed commits one million French livre in arms and munitions. Spain also promised support.

Sources: https://250andcounting.com/; https://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm

On this day 250 years ago on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, ten British companies landed near Fort Johnston to dismantle the fort and try to eliminate the American snipers. The British marched four miles inland but found no one. However, the next morning, the Patriot snipers under Captain Alfred Moore returned and exchanged fire with the HMS Cruizer with no casualties on either side.

Capt. Alfred Moore resigned from the Continental Army in 1777, but served as the Colonel in command of the Brunswick County Militia for the remainder of the War. After the War he became the Attorney General of North Carolina and then an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

https://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_fort_johnston_5.html; https://amrevnc.com/fort-johnston/