General Howe, deciding it will be better…

October 1776 CE

General Howe, deciding it will be better to retreat and land somewhere else, makes camp on Throgs Neck and remain here for six days while supplies and reinforcements, including seven thousand Hessian soldiers under the command of General Wilhelm von Knyphausen, are brought up from New York.

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Throggs Neck New York New York United States View →

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George Washington View → Henry Clinton View → Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland View → Nathanael Greene View → Wilhelm von Knyphausen View → William Howe View →

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Hessians View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → British people View → Americans View → United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA) View → New Jersey, State of (U.S.A.) View → New York, independent state of View →

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American Revolutionary War, or American War of Independence View → New York and New Jersey campaign View → Pell's Point, Battle of View →

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