On 1776,British General Henry Clinton and William Howe lead of 4,000 troops aboard some 90 flat-boat up New York East River.Toward Throng Neck ,a peninsula west Chester country,in an effort to ignore General George and the patriot force stationed at Harlem Heights.After evacuating Boston,Howe mars haled his troop for an assault on New York.The British executed a landing without resistance on Staten Island in July and on Long Island in August. But they had to confront dug in his troops on Manhattan Island.
