The Battle of Harlem Heights September 16 1776 Read Before the New York Histo
The Battle of Harlem Heights September 16 1776 Read Before the New York Histo
Erasmus Cornelius Benedict
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As Judge llobart, as member of the State Convention, had spent the previous month in Harlem Village where the 80 8th tiiilcstonc stood on l2. "511i street, it h prolmMc tlint that 8th milestone "vvas tlic on" intended on tlic slietch, it being piiiced n1)0ut on (he parallel of Tlarlem Village. Tlic buckwheat Held, in which tlie liotlest and mueli the largest part of the action was fought, Is laid down on this sketcli and was at about 145lh street. The Hrltlsh, after one or two liours' hard figh...ting at that place broke rtnd ran. —. Lny, 59. They pre- tended to rally at an orchard at about 12lst street and 0th avenue. As their amtnunlllon was c. \hai»sted, the halt was only a pretence, and after a brief rally they fled across and up a hill to near their own lines (camps). There, Adjutant Heed and Colonel Til'^hinan called off our troops, a retreat being ordered by (Jeneral WaHhington, who thought, as i)roved to be the fact, that a heavy Hrlllsh force was coming on over tho Hloomingdale hills, threatening attack, which could hardly fail to lead to a general action for which be was then unpre- pared, especially as the ground was disadvantageous as well for fighting as for a retreat.
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