White Plains

After Washington abandoned New York City, he deployed his army in a strong defensive line 20 miles north of the city near the village of White Plains. His strategy was to force the British to attack him in well prepared …

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After Washington abandoned New York City, he deployed his army in a strong defensive line 20 miles north of the city near the village of White Plains. His strategy was to force the British to attack him in well prepared positions in an effort to repeat Bunker Hill and inflict large casualties while minimizing his own. Before the battle began, British General Howe displayed his 13,000 man army on the plains below the American positions as an intimidating show of military might. Witnesses never forgot the spectacle of the glimmering bayonets of the grand scarlet army formed in battle formation across the plain. Howe avoided a direct assault on the American center. Instead, the British opened their attacks on the American left but gained nothing. Attacks on the American right developed into a major battle as both sides realized the importance of Chatterton's Hill behind the Bronx River.

White Plains, New York

The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776, near White Plains, New York. Following the retreat of George Washington's Continental Army northward from New York City, British General William Howe landed troops in Westchester County, intending to cut off Washington's escape route. Alerted to this move, Washington retreated farther, establishing a position in the village of White Plains but failed to establish firm control over local high ground. Howe's troops drove Washington's troops from a hill near the village; following this loss, Washington ordered the Americans to retreat farther north.

Wikipedia: Battle of White Plains

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