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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 Was.h.i.+ngton, 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 Was.h.i.+ngton, built, 21, 24 _note_; a.s.sault 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 Was.h.i.+ngton, 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 Was.h.i.+ngton, 40; inhumanity to prisoners by his permission, 52; plans for next campaign, 70; takes things easy, 71; roused by Was.h.i.+ngton's bold strokes, 97.
King's Bridge, importance of, to N. York, 20, 21; an outpost, 22, 24 _note_.
Kipp's Bay, landing-place of British, 34; account by an eye-witness, 34, 35.
Knox, Gen. Henry, improves the artillery service, 16, 17; at Trenton, 84, 85.
Lee, Gen. Charles, sent to N. York, 18 _note_; ineffectually urges evacuation of Fort Was.h.i.+ngton, 41; a rival of Was.h.i.+ngton, 41; gets a separate command, 44; moves to join Was.h.i.+ngton, 59; his equivocal att.i.tude, 50, 60; his troops, 60, 67 _note_; is reenforced, 61; halts at Morristown, and is captured, 63; probable aims, 65.
Long Island, campaign opened at, 26; British plan of attack, 27; flank march, 27, 28; evacuated, 30.
McDougall, Gen. Alexander, at Morristown, 96.
Mercer, Gen. Hugh, at Princeton, 104, 105, 107 _note_.
Mifflin, Gen. Thomas, at Trenton, 98.
New Jersey, invaded, 50; apathy of people, 51; military situation in, 71; outrages perpetrated by the invaders, 77, 78; arouse the people, 78; mostly reconquered, 108, 112.
New York, the seat of war, 11; its strategic value, 13; defence determined upon, 13; how effected, 20 _et seq._; the city and island in 1776, 20; escapes bombardment, 30; dispositions for holding the city, 31, 32; evacuation ordered, 33; takes place, 34; partially burnt, 35.
North Castle, Was.h.i.+ngton retreats to, 40.
Percy, Gen. Lord Hugh, in command at Harlem, 36.
Philadelphia, critical situation there, 81.
Princeton, attacked by Was.h.i.+ngton, 103; losses at, 105.
Putnam, Gen. Israel, commands at Philadelphia, 81; sends a force into the Jerseys, 82, 88 _note_.
Rall or Rahl, Col., 72; alarm of an attack, 89, 93 _note_; fights bravely, and is mortally hurt, 91.
Reed, Joseph, 81, 87 _note_.
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur, at Princeton, 105.
Stark, Gen. John, at Trenton, 87, 106 _note_.
Sterling or Stirling, Lord (William Alexander), at Princeton, 62.
Sullivan, Gen. John, succeeds to command of Lee's corps, 64; leads a column at Trenton, 87.
Throg's Neck, British land at, 39, 42 _note_.
Trenton, occupied as a British outpost, 72; carried by a.s.sault, 89 _et seq._; fruits of victory, 91; an epoch in the war, 93; first abandoned, 93; then reoccupied, 96.
