Alnmouth and the American War of Independence.

Alnmouth  is a  village on Northumberland's North Sea coast. Given its' geography Alnmouth played an unusual cameo role in America's War of Independence. click here for more information.

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Alnmouth is a small town of around 550 residents on the Northumberland coast at the mouth of the River Aln.

On September 23rd 1779, during the American war of Independence, Alnmouth was attacked by an American ship, The Bonhomme Richard skippered by Scottish born John Paul Jones.