On the night of January 3, 1777, Captain John Stryker led a Company of twenty Somerset County Militia Troop of Horse against two hundred British Regulars and wagoners at Ten-Mile-Run along the King’s Highway (Rte. 27).
A number of General Cornwallis’s baggage wagons had broken down here. Under the cover of darkness, Stryker’s men dismounted, spread out to form a semi-circle in order to trick the wagon guards. At Stryker’s signal, the score of men gave a shout and fired one volley. The British, fearing an ambush by a superior force, abandoned the wagons and fled up the road toward New Brunswick.
The captured wagons, containing much-needed woolen clothing, blankets, and other supplies—once repaired–were taken to the Continental Army, which was on its way to Morristown.
Resource: Section of: 1762: John Dalley. “A Map of the Road from Trenton to Amboy Copied (from a Survey Made by John Dalley for James Alexander Esquire) by G. Bancker” [Manuscripts Division], Princeton University. https://static-prod.lib.princeton.edu/njmaps/background/road_maps.html.