Excerpt from The Battle of Harlem Heights, Vol. 2 In January, 1776, two months before the British evacuated Boston, the question arose whether an effort should be made to hold New York - probably their next objective point of attack. Although apparent that the insular position of New York with its belt of navigable waters bore out the truth of Charles Lee's assertion that whoever commanded the sea must command the city, ' still, if a Declara tion of Independence was to be issued and its assertion of rights made good, the ...
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Excerpt from The Battle of Harlem Heights, Vol. 2 In January, 1776, two months before the British evacuated Boston, the question arose whether an effort should be made to hold New York - probably their next objective point of attack. Although apparent that the insular position of New York with its belt of navigable waters bore out the truth of Charles Lee's assertion that whoever commanded the sea must command the city, ' still, if a Declara tion of Independence was to be issued and its assertion of rights made good, the abandon ment of New York, merely on the plea of difficulty in fortifying it, would have been a serious mistake. Even if the city could not be made impregnable, a brave show of resist ance might deter the British from attempt ing its capture, or at any rate give them, says a blunt patriot, a scrag which they would not relish very well, before a capture could be effected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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