British & Revolution · event 5 of 7

27 August 1776

The Battle of Long Island. The largest battle of the Revolutionary War is fought across the ground that is now Brooklyn and Green-Wood Cemetery. Washington’s army is outflanked and routed, and escapes across the East River in fog on the night of 29 August.

The British & Revolution era

  1. 1673
  2. 1712
  3. 4 August 1735
  4. 1754
  5. 27 August 1776
  6. 21 September 1776
  7. 25 November 1783

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