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American Revolution Podcast

Episode 113 The Fall of Fort Washington

American Revolution Podcast

Michael Troy

Education, History

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

General Washington ignores British General Howe's repeated hints that he needs to evacuate Fort Washington. Instead, he leaves the decision up to General Nathanael Greene. The British capture the Fort along with 3000 officers and men, the Continental Army's greatest loss in the first part of the war. Visit my site at https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com for more text, pictures, maps, and sources on this topic. Book Recommendation of the Week: Washington's General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution, by Terry Golway  Online Recommendation of the Week: The British History Podcast https://www.thebritishhistorypodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today episode 113 the Fall of Fort Washington.

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In last week's episode, we saw General Washington pull the Continental Army out of White Plains

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New York and cross the Hudson River into New Jersey.

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British General William Howe pursued a policy of slow but deliberate overwhelming force.

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He never gave Washington an opportunity to strike at any extended vulnerability.

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But his glacial pace also meant that he never could capture the Continental Army or force any sort of determinative battle.

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The Continental Army still had one outpost on Manhattan. That was Fort Washington.

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The Americans had built Fort Washington. The Americans had built Fort Washington in order to prevent the Royal Navy from sailing up the Hudson.

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It sat along the river on the New York side with Fort Lee, formerly Fort Constitution, on the New Jersey

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side. Any British ship passing up the river would be subject to an artillery assault from both sides. The experience over the summer showed that the

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forts never accomplished their purpose. With a good tailwind, the British Navy could sail

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right past both forts suffering only minor damage.

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Admiral Richard Howe regularly sent ships upriver for little purpose other than proving

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