New York 1776: The Continentals’ First Battle by David Smith, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, England, 2008, $19.95. When General William Howe set sail from Halifax with a 9,000-man army on June 11, 1776, his objective was to crush rebellious colonists in New York. By the time he arrived at the Hudson River on July 12, he …
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