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sses there, 31; how posted after the battle, 31, 32; driven from N. York, 39; fights at White Plains and Fort Washington, 40; losses there, 41; is divided into two corps, 44; dissension in, 49 _note_; reduced numbers, 50; summary of losses, 52, 53; reaches the Delaware, 57; in position there, 75; is reenforced, 79; time expiring, 80; reenlistments, 97. Bedford, L. I., seized by British, 27. Bordentown, occupied by British troops, 71, 72; evacuated, 95. British Army of subjugation, 23; by regiments, 25 _note_; takes the field, 27; drives the Americans from L. Island, 27 _et seq._; in winter quarters, 72, 76. Brooklyn Heights fortified, 20, 24 _note_; outer defences, 26; turned by British, 27, 28. Cadwalader, Col. John, 80, 87 _note_; fails to get his troops across the Delaware, 83; succeeds better in a second attempt, 94; and occupies Bordentown, 95. Clinton, Gen. Sir Henry, at N. York, 34; moves to Throg's Neck, 36; captures Newport, R. I., 70. Cornwallis, Gen. Lord, surprises Fort Lee, 45; is reenforced, 55; pursues Washington, 55, 56, 57, 58 _note_; is unable to follow him beyond Trenton, 62, 67 _note_; has leave of absence, 71; hastens back to Trenton, 97; makes a forced march back to N. Brunswick, 106. Declaration of Independence, read to the army, 23. Donop, Col. Count, 72, 75; abandons Bordentown, 95. Ewing, Gen. James, 83, 87 _note_. Fort Lee, 24 _note_; evacuated, 45, 49 _note_. Fort Washington, built, 21, 24 _note_; assault and capture of, 40, 41, 42 _note_. Gates, Gen. Horatio, brings troops from Ticonderoga, 63, 67 _note_; refuses a command, 81. Glover, Gen. John, at L. Island, 30; at Trenton, 85, 88 _note_. Greene, Gen. Nathaniel, advises the holding of Fort Washington, 40; at Fort Lee, 45; heads a column at Trenton, 87. Griffin, Colonel, moves into the Jerseys, 82. Hale, Capt. Nathan, taken and hanged, 36. Harlem Heights, the army headquarters, 32, and _note_. Haslet, Col. John, at Princeton, 105. Heath, Gen. Wm., put in command in the Highlands, 44, 96, 106 _note_. Howe, Gen. Sir William, lands at L. Island, 26; his delays, 36; moves into Westchester, 39; fights at White Plains, 40; and takes Fort Washington, 40; inhumanity to prisoners by his permission, 52; plans for next campaign, 70; takes things easy, 71; roused by Washington's
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