032.Fort Washington_CL_a - WDS American Revolutionary War
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| SM: | 4 |
| Turns: | 40 |
| Type: | Stock |
| First Side: | British |
| Second Side: | Continental Army |
Date: 16 November 1776 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Large - Location: Manhattan, New York, north of modern 155th Street.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - The amphibious portion of General William Howe's attack on Fort Washinton was delayed due to the tricky tides and currents of the Harlem River. Both Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen and Lieutenant General Hugh Percy's columns were ordered to pause to give time for Generals Charles Cornwallis and Thomas Stirling to get across the river. At 1100, the signal was given to resume the assault.
Fort Washington was under the command of Colonel Robert Magaw. Magaw's force was thinly spread, mostly survivors of the disaster at Long Island, but also some untested Pennsylvania troops and Knowlton's Rangers and Rawling's Rifle battalion. (Thomas Knowlton had fallen two months earlier at the Battle of Harlem Heights.) Anticipating a British attack, Magaw had been reinforced with units from under General Nathanael Greene's command but still had a large area to protect with few numbers.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI. Please see the alternate CL scenario, optimized for Head-to-Head or Crown vs American AI.
Further Reading: The Battle for New York by Barnet Schecter.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - The amphibious portion of General William Howe's attack on Fort Washinton was delayed due to the tricky tides and currents of the Harlem River. Both Hessian General Wilhelm von Knyphausen and Lieutenant General Hugh Percy's columns were ordered to pause to give time for Generals Charles Cornwallis and Thomas Stirling to get across the river. At 1100, the signal was given to resume the assault.
Fort Washington was under the command of Colonel Robert Magaw. Magaw's force was thinly spread, mostly survivors of the disaster at Long Island, but also some untested Pennsylvania troops and Knowlton's Rangers and Rawling's Rifle battalion. (Thomas Knowlton had fallen two months earlier at the Battle of Harlem Heights.) Anticipating a British attack, Magaw had been reinforced with units from under General Nathanael Greene's command but still had a large area to protect with few numbers.
Recommended Rules: [Default]
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI. Please see the alternate CL scenario, optimized for Head-to-Head or Crown vs American AI.
Further Reading: The Battle for New York by Barnet Schecter.
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