026.Harlem_CL_c - WDS American Revolutionary War
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| Turns: | 36 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | British |
| Second Side: | Continental Army |
Date: 16 September 1776 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Medium - Location: Manhattan Island, New York, in the area between modern 127th Street and 110th Street at 10th Avenue.
Scenario Briefing: Variant - Early on September 16, Washington received reports, which proved to be unfounded, that the British were advancing. Washington, who had been expecting an attack, ordered Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton’s Rangers to reconnoiter the British lines. They were accompanied by a few companies of the newly arrived 3rd Virginia regiment under Major Andrew Leitch. As they pushed through the area between the armies, they encountered companies from the 2nd British Light Battalion, also out probing no-man’s land.
A give and take battle ensued, with Knowlton eventually falling back on the Point of Rocks. Brigadier General Alexander Leslie and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis would feed more units into the growing engagement. For his part, General George Washington also weighed sending in troops to fix the British and sent the Rangers and Virginians on a flanking move. As it happened, the battle was inconclusive. Howe would look toward flanking the American positions, to which Washington would counter, culminating at the battle of White Plains before finding themselves back on Manhattan in November to storm Fort Washington.
Design Note: This scenario focuses on the late morning flank attack by the American Rangers under Thomas Knowlton and Major Andre Leitch against Alexander Leslie's British Light Infantry. With the volunteers from Nixon's Brigade under Archibald Crary holding the attention of the British forces, Knowlton's force was to hit their rear. A slight misdirection, meant they would hit the middle of the British forces.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI, but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776 With a Review of the Events of the Campaign by Henry P. Johnston (Available for free online and at many used book sellers).
Scenario Briefing: Variant - Early on September 16, Washington received reports, which proved to be unfounded, that the British were advancing. Washington, who had been expecting an attack, ordered Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Knowlton’s Rangers to reconnoiter the British lines. They were accompanied by a few companies of the newly arrived 3rd Virginia regiment under Major Andrew Leitch. As they pushed through the area between the armies, they encountered companies from the 2nd British Light Battalion, also out probing no-man’s land.
A give and take battle ensued, with Knowlton eventually falling back on the Point of Rocks. Brigadier General Alexander Leslie and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis would feed more units into the growing engagement. For his part, General George Washington also weighed sending in troops to fix the British and sent the Rangers and Virginians on a flanking move. As it happened, the battle was inconclusive. Howe would look toward flanking the American positions, to which Washington would counter, culminating at the battle of White Plains before finding themselves back on Manhattan in November to storm Fort Washington.
Design Note: This scenario focuses on the late morning flank attack by the American Rangers under Thomas Knowlton and Major Andre Leitch against Alexander Leslie's British Light Infantry. With the volunteers from Nixon's Brigade under Archibald Crary holding the attention of the British forces, Knowlton's force was to hit their rear. A slight misdirection, meant they would hit the middle of the British forces.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the Crown forces against the AI, but can be played from either side or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: The Battle of Harlem Heights, September 16, 1776 With a Review of the Events of the Campaign by Henry P. Johnston (Available for free online and at many used book sellers).
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