Remains Of Mercenaries Who Fought For Britain In American War Of Independence Uncovered

Archaeologist Dana Linck, forensic dentist Stuart Alexander and New Jersey State Police forensic anthropologist Anna Delaney confer at the Red Bank Battlefield Archaeology Project excavation in undated photo. Archaeologists uncovered remains of what they believe are 14 individuals at Revolutionary War Battlefield. (Courtesy of Rowan University/Zenger)

A team of archaeologists has unearthed what they believe are 14 German mercenaries who fought for Britain during the American War of Independence.

The discovery – which occurred 245 years after the Battle of the Red Bank – came as a surprise to the team at the Red Bank Battlefield Park in New Jersey, the United States.