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Battle of Long Island. / 40.666°N 73.966°W / 40.666; -73.966. The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn. The British defeated the ...
1,400 captured [ 3] The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between British forces under General Sir William Howe and the Continental Army under General George Washington.
The Great Fire of New York was a devastating fire that burned through the night of September 20, 1776, and into the morning of September 21, on the West Side of what then constituted New York City at the southern end of the island of Manhattan. [3] It broke out in the early days of the military occupation of the city by British forces during ...
The Campaign of 1776 Around New York and Brooklyn. Brooklyn: The Long Island Historical Society. p. 110. OCLC 234710. Reno, Linda Davis (2008). The Maryland 400 in the Battle of Long Island, 1776. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3537-1. OCLC 188535862. Schecter, Barnet (2002). The Battle for New York.
Battle of Long Island: August 27, 1776: New York: British victory: in the largest battle of the war the Patriot army is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan Landing at Kip's Bay: September 15, 1776: New York: British victory: British capture New York City Battle of Harlem Heights: September 16, 1776 ...
Queens. / 40.750°N 73.867°W / 40.750; -73.867. Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located at the western end of Long Island, it is the largest of the five New York City boroughs by area.
NBC via Getty Images. NBCUniversal has revealed launch details for its upcoming, ad-supported streaming service. Named Peacock, it'll be the exclusive streaming home of The Office (which you can ...
Red Lion Inn (Brooklyn) Coordinates: 40.6547°N 74.0037°W. British map (1776), M denotes skirmish line formed by Parsons and Atlee after American retreat from the Red Lion Inn. The Red Lion Inn was a tavern in Colonial New York located on Long Island in what is today the New York City borough of Brooklyn .