. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. attan Islands must be briefly told. From the 22d of August until the 30th of thatmonth, when General Washington, defeated ifnot disheartened, crossed in a dense fog fromLong Island to New York, Brooklyn and its vicin-ity ran with blood. Utterly unable to cope withthe superior force of the enemy after his defeatat the battle of Brooklyn upon the 2Tth, withGenerals Stirling, Sullivan, and Woodhull pris-oners, the militia discouraged and intractable,subject to disorder, irregularity, and confusion,Washington advised Congress
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. attan Islands must be briefly told. From the 22d of August until the 30th of thatmonth, when General Washington, defeated ifnot disheartened, crossed in a dense fog fromLong Island to New York, Brooklyn and its vicin-ity ran with blood. Utterly unable to cope withthe superior force of the enemy after his defeatat the battle of Brooklyn upon the 2Tth, withGenerals Stirling, Sullivan, and Woodhull pris-oners, the militia discouraged and intractable,subject to disorder, irregularity, and confusion,Washington advised Congress that the City ofNew York be destroyed ere it fell into the handsof the enemy. To this suggestion Congress, how-ever, refused to listen, and Lord Howe, recogniz-ing the commercial and strategic importance ofthe town, also refrained from bombarding themetropolis. Upon the evacuation of New York, which oc-curred September 12th, the Americans movednorthward. With his shipping at the mouth ofthe Sound, and advantageously placed in the Hud- [Vol. 2] 130 NEW JERSEY AS A OOL. ,^^^^^^ son as far as Bloomingdale, General Sir WilliamHowe prepared to occupy tlie city. In this attempthe was entirely successful, and by the 15th Britishand German troops of the King controlled Man-hattan Island from the Battery to HarlemHeights. Directly to the north lay Washingtonwith fourteen thousand men in a fortified positionon the Heights, but so active was Howe that theAmericans, upon the 16th of October, resolved toevacuate the whole of Manhattan Island exceptFort Washington, deemed impregnable and ofgreat value for future operations. Falling back upon White Plains, the Americancommander-in-chief, upon the 28th of October,confronted Howe with thirteen thousand men,-the British general having an equal number oftroops. Upon the termination of the battle ofWhite Plains, upon the 28th, Howe suddenly al-tered his plans concerning the subjugation of theHudson Valley and retired to the old city. Hisprecipitat
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