Description: ŇOn August 22 the British landed on Long Island, near New Utrecht, 10,000 strong. The patriots, some 8,000 strong, were assembled near Brooklyn, under the command of Gens. Sullivan and Stirling. On the morning of August 27 the British advanced by three roads; their plan of attack was skillfully laid, and they completely defeated the Americans, whose two commanding generals were killed. — W. H. DePuy, 1881
Source: W.H. DePuy, People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge: V.2 (New York, NY: Phillips & Hunt, 1881) 1488
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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