A history of the American people . THE PRESIDENTS CHAIR IN THE CONSTIT1 HONAL CONVENTION 249 A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SULLIVANS -ISLAND J&Jto&rjM M . FORT MOULTRIE SULLIVANS ISLAND MAP OF SULLIVAN S ISLAND off both the fleet and the troops landed from it; andthe British went northward again to concentrate uponNew York. On the 28th of June,—the very day of the attack atCharleston,—Howes transports began to gather inthe lower bay. A few days more, and there were thirtythousand troops waiting to be landed. It was impos-sible, with the force Washington had, to prevent theirbeing put ashor
A history of the American people . THE PRESIDENTS CHAIR IN THE CONSTIT1 HONAL CONVENTION 249 A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SULLIVANS -ISLAND J&Jto&rjM M . FORT MOULTRIE SULLIVANS ISLAND MAP OF SULLIVAN S ISLAND off both the fleet and the troops landed from it; andthe British went northward again to concentrate uponNew York. On the 28th of June,—the very day of the attack atCharleston,—Howes transports began to gather inthe lower bay. A few days more, and there were thirtythousand troops waiting to be landed. It was impos-sible, with the force Washington had, to prevent theirbeing put ashore at their commanders convenience. Itwas impossible to close the Narrows, to keep their shipsfrom the inner bay, or even to prevent their passingup the river as they pleased. Washington could onlywait within the exposed town or within his trencheson Brooklyn heights, which commanded the town al-250 THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE most as Dorchester and Charlestown heights com-manded Boston.
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