One of the last significant actions in the Battle of New York was the conflict at Harlem Heights on September 16, 1776. Washington, with 1800, men was attacked by a British force of 5000. As the Colonials began an orderly retreat, the British General had his bugler sound a fox hunting call signifying retreat. This infuriated the Americans who reorganized and drove the British back giving Washington his first land battle victory.
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