THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Complete Edition In 2 Volumes). Fiske John

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       Battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776

       Howe prepares to besiege the Heights;

       ut Washington slips away with his army

       His vigilance robbed the British of the most golden opportunity ever afforded them

       The conference at Staten Island, Sept. 11

       Howe takes the city of New York, Sept. 15

       ut Mrs. Lindley Murray saves the garrison

       Attack upon Harlem Heights Sept 16

       The new problem before Howe

       Howe moves upon Throg’s Neck, but Washington changes base

       Baffled at White Plains, Howe tries a new plan

       Washington’s orders in view of the emergency

       Congress meddles with the situation and muddles it

       Howe takes Fort Washington by storm, Nov. 16

       Washington and Greene

       Outrageous conduct of Charles Lee

       Greene barely escapes from Fort Lee, Nov. 20

       Lee intrigues against Washington

       Washington retreats into Pennsylvania

       Reinforcements come from Schuyler

       Fortunately for the Americans, the British capture Charles Lee, Dec. 13

       The times that tried men’s souls

       Washington prepares to strike back

       He crosses the Delaware

       And pierces the British centre at Trenton, Dec. 26

       Cornwallis comes up to retrieve the disaster

       And thinks he has run down the “old fox”

       But Washington prepares a checkmate

       And again severs the British line at Princeton, Jan. 3

       General retreat of the British toward New York

       The tables completely turned

       Washington’s superb generalship

       CHAPTER VI SECOND BLOW AT THE CENTRE

       Carleton invades New York

       Arnold’s preparations

       Battle of Valcour Island, Oct. 11, 1776

       Congress promotes five junior brigadiers over Arnold, Feb. 19, 1777

       Philip Schuyler

       Horatio Gates

       Gates intrigues against Schuyler

       Gates visits Congress

       Charges against Arnold

       Tryon’s expedition against Danbury

       Arnold defeats Tryon at Ridgefield, April 27, 1777

       The military centre of the United States was the state of New York

       A second blow to be struck at the centre. The plan of campaign

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