File:The battle of Pell's Point (or Pelham) October 18, 1776. Being the story of a stubborn fight. With a map, and illustrations from original photographs and family portraits (1901) (14804583233).jpg

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Title: The battle of Pell's Point (or Pelham) October 18, 1776. Being the story of a stubborn fight. With a map, and illustrations from original photographs and family portraits
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Abbatt, William, 1851-1935. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Pell's Point, Battle of, N.Y., 1776
Publisher: New York, W. Abbatt
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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r. Dawson. At the battle of Colensothe Boers, sheltered by their trenches, lost 38, and the British1,350; and the records of Spion Kop and Magersfontein are *Colonel Baldwin notes in his journal: Oct. 19: The enemy lay pretty stillthis day, only plundering the Point indiscriminately, shewing no more favor toa Tory than a Whig. The country people are in great confusion, although theyare chiefly Enemies and neuters (neutrals). We have been until very lately ex-ceeding careful of the property of the country people and farmers, till we foundit was only saving it for our Enemies, and now the fields of corn and stacks ofwheat serve for fodder for our horses, the pigs, poultry, &c., for change of dietfor the soldiers; this is chiefly near the disputed ground (the Neutral Ground ). fThe British loss at Bunker Hill was 1,054. At Saratoga (the first day), 500. At Germantown, sis- So Pells Point was greater than either the second or third, and within twohundred of the first. to H * C * 5 ( o
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similar. At the battle of New Orleans (1815) Jacksons army,behind breastworks, lost but thirteen men, the British abouttwo thousand. The reason Glover was left to fight all day against suchodds was undoubtedly Washingtons belief that Howe wasmerely feigning an attack at Pells Point, while the real attackwould be made at Morrisania. Hence Glovers was the onlyforce confronting what was really the greater part of Howesarmy, engaged in the bold attempt to throw several thousandtroops in a line from the Sound as far across the county l asmight be necessary to get between the separate parts of theAmerican army, and thus hem in the larger part between itand the two thousand left in New York with Percy. Had theplan succeeded, defeat piecemeal would have been the prob-able fate of the patriot forces. The heavy loss which Howesustained probably led him to think Washington had a largeforce in his front, and so he went into camp, as we have seen,awaiting re-enforcements (/. e. Knyphausen with the

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