GLOUCESTER CITY, a city of Camden county, New Jer sey, on the Delaware river, opposite Philadelphia, adjoining Camden on the south. It is served by the Pennsylvania and the Reacting railways. The population was 12,162 in 1920; 193o it was 13,796. Its manufactures include paper, cotton and silk fabrics, rugs, gas mantles and fixtures, and the aggregate product in 1927 was valued at $6,532,726. Near the site of Gloucester City the Dutch in 1623 planted the short-lived colony of Fort Nassau. Permanent settlement dates from 1677, and a town (at first called Axwamus) was laid out in 1689. During the Revolu tion it was frequently occupied, and several skirmishes were fought in the vicinity. The most important was a successful attack on a detachment of Hessians, Nov. by American troops commanded by Gen. Lafayette. The city was chartered in 1868.