Battle Of Long Island

Battle of Long Island
Occurred	August 27, 1776

The Battle of Long Island, also sometimes referred to as the Battle of Brooklyn, was a American Revolutionary War battle that occurred on August 27, 1776 between the American forces under Israel Putnam and the British forces under General William Howe. Howe had 32,000 men land on Staten Island on July 2. George Washington was instructed by Congress to hold New York. He divided his 13,000 men between Long Island and Manhattan. It has sometimes been referred to as the Thermopylae of the American Revolution.^[1]

Howe landed 20,000 men on Long Island (August 22–25). Attacking on the 27th, he turned the left flank of Putnam's 6,500 troops throwing them back into Brooklyn Heights. The Americans lost 200 killed and 1,000 captured. British losses were 400 casualties. As a result of the battle, the British held the port of New York for the entirety of the Revolution.

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• Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979
• O'Donnell, Patrick K. Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution (2016).

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• Battle of Long Island
• Battle Pass