70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot of Great Britain commanded by Major General William Tryon[2] arrived on July 10, 1779.

Parsons also urgently appealed to Brigadier General John Glover[5] of the Continental Army to bring his brigade to Norwalk from where he was camped in New London, Connecticut.

"To follow the course of the enemy through the town on that day of terror one should start at Fitch's Point, where the troops landed on the evening before and en-camped for the night.

They met virtually no resistance from the local militia in this area until they reached Grumman Hill, where fifty Continental troops and a few militiamen, all under the command of Captain Stephen Betts, attempted to halt Tryon's advance.

General Thomas Garth, who landed his troops, two flanks of Guards and two fusilier regiments, in Old Well around 7 AM, meantime began to march ashore to join with Tryon's forces.

At Flax Hill they met with strong resistance from Nathaniel Raymond and fourteen other irregulars from the town of Old Well (South Norwalk).