Battle of Long Island

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Battle of Long Island
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Beginning

• We were trap at Boston
• Want us to leave here by a ship
• We sail to Staten Island we lift some people
  behind

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Then What Happen

• We landed on New York Bay and left 20,000
  soldiers
• Then we heard about Washington plan
• 1 group of British soldier and 2 groups of
  Patriot and Washington troops has been retreat

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Middle of the war

• When Washington heard that his plan fail he was
  angry
• August 27 we were going to have a diversion
• We were between the American and Brooklyn Height

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Talk about Fighting

• I know that Washington want to keep on fighting,
  but his army was out run 2 to 1
• When they retreated they throw away their weapons
• August 29 there was a storm

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End of the war

• When there was a storm they tried to leave here
  by ship
• When we heard that we went as fast as we can
• We said to them to complete out New York City
• We will hold the city until the end of the war
  and we had won

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Sources

• Fight for freedom
• Ms. Maddox web site (kid info)
• Land battle of Revolution war
• Pubic folder (Revolution War pictures)