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Title: Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776; with a review of the events of the campaign.
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923.
Subjects: Harlem Heights, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
Publisher: New York, Pub. for the Columbia University Press, The Macmillan Co. London, Macmillan & Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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ecessary tohold them to the spot until the flanking party couldreach their rear. Crarys men kept up their firingand presently Nixons entire brigade — about ninehundred effectives — was sent to their support.Whatever else might happen, the American generalshad no intention of letting the Light Infantry pursuetheir frolic any further in this direction. Hodgkinssays of this move : Our brigade marched out of thewoods, then a very hot firing began on both sidesand lasted for upwards of an hour. Another officer.Captain Gooch, also of Nixons, confirms Hodgkinswith the statement that after Crarys volunteersopened the fight a terrible fire greeted his ears,and orders came for the whole brigade immediatelyto march. Washington, already quoted, speaks ofthe smart firing at this point, but notices that itwas at too long range to do much damage. Underhis plan the enemy were not then to be pushed. It is with Crarys feigned attack and the descentof the Light Infantry into the Hollow Way, that the
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MARTJE DAVIDS FLY 71 main action of the day begins. We must, accord-ingly, digress a moment to establish the identity ofthe spot. Having shown how far south the enemywere first encountered, namely, near Jones house, itremains to indicate the northerly point at which theywere forced to turn back. That point was the newposition in question, and the records are decisive asto the locality. Referring to the Plan^ of thebattle, it will be seen that the northern projection ofMorningside Heights on the river side — Claremont ^ Plan of the Battle of Harlem Heights. — The topo-graphical features of this plan, including the present streetsand the old farm lines, have been compiled from official sources.Hoaglandts and Vandewaters farms, on which the battle wasmainly fought, were surveyed in 1786 by Casimir T. Goerck,the official city surveyor, and his draught has been reproduced.Even the location of the orchard is fixed. In 1784 the NewYork Packet advertised for sale Hoaglandts noted farm,hav

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