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The Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, was a significant British victory in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War over American forces under the command of General George Washington, and the opening battle in a successful British campaign to gain control of New York City in 1776.
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.
Battle of Long Island: August 27, 1776: New York: British victory: in the largest battle of the war the American army of George Washington 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 and hold it for the ...
Washington split the Continental Army into positions on Manhattan and across the East River in western Long Island. [125] On August 27 at the Battle of Long Island, Howe outflanked Washington and forced him back to Brooklyn Heights, but he did not attempt to encircle Washington's forces. [126] Through the night of August 28, Knox bombarded the ...
The Maryland 400 were members of the 1st Maryland Regiment who repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War, sustaining heavy casualties, but allowing General Washington to successfully evacuate the bulk of his troops to Manhattan.
27 August – Steaming in the Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island during a voyage from Bordeaux, France, to New York City, the American armed cargo ship SS Felix Taussig mistook the U.S. Navy submarine chaser USS SC-209 for an Imperial German Navy U-boat and opened gunfire on her, firing one 4-inch (102 mm) and four 3-inch (76.2 mm) rounds.
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After the Battle of Trenton, Washington attempted to persuade the Marbleheaders to remain in the army for another six weeks by offering a bounty, but few took him up on the offer. William R. Lee, former brigade major of the 14th was commissioned as a colonel on January 1, 1777, and a new regiment was formed.