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Before The Battle…
Long Island Battle. • Washington suspicious of
• Major General Putman:
By: Ashley Vanzant an attack after withdrawal of
Oversees two defensive
the British army from
lines perpendicular to one
Boston.
another.
• July 3, 1776 – Brits landed
• Main Line - contained 6,500
on Satan Island.
troops and were put around
• G. Washington put 10,000 Brooklyn and faced
American troops on southeast.
Brooklyn Heights. Facing
• Other One - 3,000 troops
the sea and inland.
sent to guard four passes
• British. August 22 – 25 : cut by major roads leading
26-29 August 1776 Landed 15,000 men on to the top and beyond the
Long Island along with two heights.
other brigades.
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American’s – Left.
• August 26 – main part of the
British troops marched north-
east line of high ground held by
the Americans to begin their
attack.
• British learned the most northern
of the three roads across the
high ground was not guarded.
• Gen. Howe crossed the road
with his troops and was able to
attack the back of Sullivan’s
Pictures division of the American army
while German troops attacked in
front.
• Sullivan’s troops retreat behind
the main Brooklyn fortifications.
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American’s – Right. End of Battle.
• The American troops • 28th August -
positioned to the right Washington brought
attacked by Gen. Clinton.
reinforcements from
• Gen. Sterling resisted for
New York
a while until more British
soldiers came from • August 29 –
behind from the other Washington withdrew
flank. troops because of
• Sterling's troops forced to growing threat from
retreat behind fortified the British.
line.
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Important People. American. Important People. British.
• George Washington • General Howe
• General Sullivan
• General Clinton
• Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam
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Losses. After That
• Ultimately led to American’s
• British Losses : 58 men losing New York.
killed, 13 officers and 275 • Hard hit to Americans. This
men wounded or missing. was first major battle
following the creation of The
United States Declaration of
• American Losses : 1,407 Independence
wounded, captured, or
• British failed to capture
missing, and 312 killed. Washington and stop the
Revolution completely.
• Other than that, British were
kind of successful.
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