Excerpt from History of the American Wars: Comprising the War of the Revolution and the War of 1812; Being a Complete History of the United States; From the Year 1775 to 1815; With a Historical IntroductionDeclaration of Independence - British expedition to New York - Battle of Long Island - Retreat of the Americans - Capture of New York Disasters of the Americans - Conquest of the Jerseys.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.