096.Paulus Hook_CL - WDS American Revolutionary War
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| First Side: | Continental Army |
| Second Side: | British |
Date: 19 August 1779 - Scale/Size: Company Level, Small - Location: Paulus Hook, New Jersey opposite New York City on the North (Hudson) River.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Major Harry Lee and his force arrived at Prior's Mill at 3 am in the early morning hours of the 19th after a long and frustrating march. 200 Virginians had "become separated" and so Lee was forced to revise his plans. The tide was rising in the tidal area separating the hook from the mainland, so Lee acted swiftly, crossing the canal by 0330 and sweeping into the British lines at 0400. The struggle through the salt flats had left the Americans with wet powder and so the attack was carried with bayonets. (Note - Americans have LOW AMMO status to reflect this.) The British for their part had heard the Americans on the approach but thought that it was Colonel Van Buskirk returning with his provincial troops from a raid on Englewood, NJ. The Americans took 158 prisoners, but with the sun coming up, did not spike the cannons or burn the fort.
Recommended Rules: [Default] - Night Movement Fatigue (turn off)
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson.
Scenario Briefing: Historical - Major Harry Lee and his force arrived at Prior's Mill at 3 am in the early morning hours of the 19th after a long and frustrating march. 200 Virginians had "become separated" and so Lee was forced to revise his plans. The tide was rising in the tidal area separating the hook from the mainland, so Lee acted swiftly, crossing the canal by 0330 and sweeping into the British lines at 0400. The struggle through the salt flats had left the Americans with wet powder and so the attack was carried with bayonets. (Note - Americans have LOW AMMO status to reflect this.) The British for their part had heard the Americans on the approach but thought that it was Colonel Van Buskirk returning with his provincial troops from a raid on Englewood, NJ. The Americans took 158 prisoners, but with the sun coming up, did not spike the cannons or burn the fort.
Recommended Rules: [Default] - Night Movement Fatigue (turn off)
Intended to be played as the American forces against the AI or Head-to-Head.
Further Reading: The Fate of the Day by Rick Atkinson.
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