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PDFOperations about the City 39
Continuous and Decisive, but Inconspicuous,
Part played by the
British
Navy 40
Description of Local Conditions about New York 40
American Preparations for Defence 41
Crucial Weakness of the Scheme 42
The Advance of the British 42
Washington withdraws his Army from the Brooklyn side 43
Success of this Withdrawal due to British Negligence 44
Subsequent Operations, and Retreat of
Washington to New Jersey
45
Retreat continued to Pennsylvania, where
he receives
reinforcements
46
Slackness of Sir William Howe’s actions 47
The British take possession of Narragansett
Bay. Importance of
that
position 48
Washington suddenly takes the Offensive. Battle of Trenton 48
He recovers most of the State of New Jersey 49
CHAPTER III
The decisive period of the war. Surrender of Burgoyne and capture of Philadelphia by Howe. The naval part in each operation
1777
British Object in Campaign of 1777 the same as that in 1776 50
Part assigned to Burgoyne 50
Slowness of his Progress at the beginning 51
Sir William Howe, instead of cooeperating,
takes his Army to the
Chesapeake
52
Criticism of this Course 52
Howe’s Progress to Philadelphia, and Capture of that City 53
Admiral Lord Howe takes the Fleet from
the Chesapeake to the
Delaware
53
Surrender of Burgoyne and his Army 53
British Naval Operations in Delaware Bay 54
Brief Tenure—Nine Months—of Philadelphia by British 55
The general Failure of the British Campaign
determined by Howe’s
move
to the Chesapeake 55
General Results of the Campaign 56
Part played by the British Navy.
Analogous to that in Spain,
1808-1812,
and in many other instances 57
CHAPTER IV
War begins between France and
great Britain. British evacuate
Philadelphia. Naval operations
of D’ESTAING and Howe about
new York,
Narragansett bay, and Boston.
Complete success of Lord Howe.
American
disappointment in D’ESTAING.
Lord Howe returns to England
