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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 Battle of Long Island 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.
Battle of Lindley's Fort: July 15, 1776: South Carolina: Patriot victory: Native Americans attack repulsed [30] 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 ...
In the Battle of Long Island on August 27, the British outflanked the American positions, driving the Americans back to their Brooklyn Heights fortifications. General Howe then began to lay siege to the works, but Washington skillfully managed a nighttime retreat through his unguarded rear across the East River to the island of Manhattan. Howe ...
On August 27, 1776, during the Battle of Long Island, five cannons, a series of earthworks and a defensive wall were manned by colonials on an island in New York Bay. [2] It was the westernmost of forts along Brooklyn Heights, defending the Upper New York Bay from incursion by the British navy. [3]
Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in modern Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn.. Following the significant losses at the Battle of Long Island on August 27, 1776, General George Washington and the Continental Army retreated across the East River by benefit of both a retreat and holding action by well-trained Maryland Line troops at Gowanus Creek and Canal and a night fog which obscured the barges and ...
The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776. On August 27, 1776, British troops under the command of General William Howe flanked and defeated the American army at the Battle of Long Island. [5] Howe moved his forces and pinned the Americans down at Brooklyn Heights, with the East River to the American rear.
The bayonet on the coat of arms of the 175th Infantry Regiment is representative of its introduction to American arms at the Battle of Long Island by the Maryland Line in 1776, the use of which became famed throughout the War. It is also symbolic of the Maryland 400. [citation needed]