While Washington had essentially acceded to the British threat to burn Boston, and had not hindered their departure from the city, he did not make their escape from the outer harbor entirely easy.
尽管华盛顿基本顺从了英军火烧波士顿的要挟，也没有妨碍他们离开此城，但是他并没有让他们完全轻易地逃离外港。