Title: The Battle of Brooklyn, 1776 /
Authors: Gallagher, John J., 1937-
Publisher: Sarpedon,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Long Island, Battle of, New York, N.Y., 1776
Contents: "Democratic warfare" -- "A kind of key to the whole continent" -- "Kindness and real abundance is everywhere" -- "By lies they lured them, by liquor they tempted them" -- "A multitude of people... under very little discipline, order or government" -- "I thought all London was afloat" -- "As we can now bring all our guns to bear..." -- "Be cool, but determined; do not fire at a distance" -- "Across these hills... the nearest way to Gowanus" -- "If I see any man turn his back today, I will shoot him through" -- "Our men fought with more than Roman valor" -- "How many were lost upon the Island is yet uncertain" -- "This retreat should hold a high place among military transactions" -- After "The Fox" -- "The next Augustan Age will be dawn on the other side of the Atlantic" -- American order of battle -- British order of battle.