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Excerpt from Observance of the One Hundred and Twenty-Third Anniversary of the Evacuation of Philadelphia by the British Army: Fort Washington and the Encampment at White Marsh, November 2, 1777
You will remember that soon after Washington took command at Cambridge, he hastened to the troops investing Howe at Bos ton after the battle at Bunker Hill. The Americans succeeded in fortifying Dorchester Heights, thus commanding the town. Howe evacuated Boston, and set sail for Halifax, as if to aid against Canada, but really to await reinforcements from his brother Admiral Howe. Washington conceived that he would make for New York to attack the centre of men and supplies. The American army withdrew to Long Island, and fortified the Heights of Brooklyn, to command New York. Howe re turned, landing some men at Staten Island. The Ameri cans, men, were outgeneraled and surrounded, although the fighting was fierce. In the midst of a dense fog, Washington withdrew his army, effecting a masterly retreat to New York, thence to White Plains where he awaited Howe's army, in a fortified camp. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
