The Pomphret River was a river in the State of Croydon, United States of Atlantis. The nearest town was Pomphret Landing.
During the final months of the Atlantean War of Independence, British general Charles Cornwallis intended to make a stand against Atlantean Victor Radcliff at Pomphret Landing. The British blew up all the bridges that crossed the Pomphret River, making it difficult for the Atlanteans and their French allies to attack the town.[1] Radcliff proposed that French engineers, by the light of the full-moon, make a show of building a bridge in one spot.[2] Radcliff himself made a point of showing himself to British scouts.[3] Convinced that their enemies were determined to bridge the river at this location, the British made sure to have sufficient troops at this spot, while other French engineers successfully bridged it further east, routing the British.[4] They held Pomphret Landing proper long enough to allow a retreat east.[5]
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