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‍__**The Battle of White Plains ‍**__

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 In the Historical Battle of White Plains 13,000 British and German troops against 14,500 Americans fought against each other, although only around 4,000 on each side were actually engaged in the Battle of White plains........  After a long day of skirmishing, the two armies (british and american), each about thirteen thousand strong, met in battle array at the village of Whiteplains, on October 28th 1776. The Americans were encamped behind hastily thrown up entrenchments just north of the village, with hills in the rear to retreat to, if necessary. about sixteen hundred men from Delaware and Maryland, and militia under[| colonel Haslett], had taken post on [|Chatterton's hill], a high eminence on the west side of the Bronx. The two generals in charge of this battle were general Howe and general [|George Washington]. Howe had moved with extreme caution since his landing, and now, as he looked upon the Americans behind their apparently formiddle breast-works, he hesitated,and decided the war would be better off on horseback. Then he swiftly changed direction of his army to the left, and on the slopes southeast of the present railway station, he planted almost twenty field-pieces. Howe's troops constructed a rude bridge across the Bronx, over which his army would pass, and attempted to ascend the steep, wooded Chatterton's Hill to drive the Americans from it. The Americans were driven back but were enabled to draw off from the White Plain position and march into New Jersey while the British returned to Manhattan. Generally considered to have been a drawn battle. However the American garrison on Manhattan and in [|Fort Washington]was left to its fate.[|general Howe's Biography]


 * The casualties of the battle of white plains are as follows, British casualties were 313 killed and wounded. The Americans lost 300 killed, wounded and captured. The American figures are speculative. Follow-up: Howe was able to take advantage of Washington’s withdrawal, with much of his army, to take[| Kingsbridge]and capture Fort Washington. This was a considerable blow to the American cause and precipitated the headlong American retreat to the[| Delaware River] [|.]

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__**[|George Washington]:**__  General George Washington had early in his chieftaincy, urged upon the Congress the necessity of the establishment of a permanent army, and with convincing words and his smart and intelligent witty attitude, words had predicted the very evils arising from short enlistments and loose methods of creating officers, which now prevailed. While there was a brief lull in active military operations after the battle on Harlem Heights, he again began to readress the sad condition of his army, and the importance of a thorough reform and reorganization of the forces, for he foresaw the natural dissolution of his army, only a few weeks later. The Congress had just resolved (September 10th) to form the army anew into eighty-eight battalions, to be "enlisted as soon as possible, and to serve during the war;" but they were so afraid of the "military despotism" implied by a standing army, that much of the struggle for making a well fit army was neutralized by retaining the old method of levying troops by requisitions upon the several States. Washington was compelled to relinquish all present hope of obtaining an efficient army for the great work before him. Yet he never uttered a single word of complaint, nor threatened to resign. His duty as a patriot and soldier was plain, and he pursued it.  For almost a month in September, 1776, Washington rested with the main body of his army on Harlem Heights, watching the movements of General Howe of the British army whom he will soon battle with in battle of the white Pains. He had constructed strong lines of fortifications across the narrow island, between the Harlem and Hudson Rivers, and redoubts were planted in proper places to defend approaches from the waters and the main land. The crest of Mount Washington was crowned with a five-sided earthwork, named Fort Washington. It was two hundred and thirty feet above tide-water, a mile northward of headquarters, with strong ravelins and outworks, and mounting thirty-four great guns. This was the principal fortification within the American lines, and was commanded by [|General Putnam] and [|General Greene], the best leaders in the army excepting Washington, was in command of [|Fort Lee]on the Palisades on the New Jersey shore.



[|**General Howe**:] **William Howe was one of the British generals during the Revolutionary War. He was born on August 10, 1729, in England. He was the uncle of** **King George the Third****, who was the British king during the Revolutionary War. Before he was sent to fight in the war, Howe was sympathetic to the colonists which won them over in many ways. But, as a soldier, he had to fight against them, with his American opponent George Washington.** **He died on July 12, 1814** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00cf; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"He comes, he comes, the hero comes; sound, sound your trumpets, beat your drums, from port let cannon roar Howe's welcome to this western shore." <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;">This quotes was created by a loyalist upon general Howes approach to new York in 1776.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-align: center;"> Howe was appointed to be the general under the circumstances that "he was ordered, and could not refuse," Howe sailed for Boston with Major Generals [|Henry Clinton] and [|John Burgoyne]. Arriving in boston after the long sailing May 15, Howe brought a few reinforcements for General Thomas Gage. Under [|siege in the city], the British were ordered to take action when American forces fortified Breed's Hill on the Charlestown Peninsula overlooking the city. In the resulting [|Battle of Bunker Hill], Howe's men succeeded in driving the Americans away, but had sustained over 1,000 casualties. Though a victory, the battle deeply influenced Howe and crushed his initial belief that the rebels represented only a small part of the American people. A daring, commander earlier in his career, the high losses at Bunker Hill made Howe more conservative and less inclined to attack strong enemy positions. awarded later on that year, Howe was temporarily appointed commander-in-chief on October 10, when Gage returned to England. later on in howes successful battles the battle of white plains being one of them resulted in general Howe being more famous and had his winning ties with george Washington.

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