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Excerpt from The Capture of Mount Washington, November 16th, 1776: The Result of Treason Translation of the Legend on the Map. - The attack which His Excellency the Hon. General Lieutenant von Knyphausen, with eight Battalions of Hessians and one Battalion of Waldeckers, on the 16 November 1776, made on Fort Washington, taking it and a quantity of Ammunition and Provisions, and 2,600 American Prisoners. A Camp before the Attack. B March of the said Regiments for King's Bridge. C Formation of the Columns of which one on the right and another on the left. D The Riflemen. E Enemy's Line of Batteries. F G H Fort Washington, Fort Independence, Speak-Devil Fort garrisoned by the Enemy. I Our Batteries. K Hessian Field Artillery. L Quarters of His Excellency. M Do. of General Major Schmidt. N Do. of General Cleveland. O Do. of Col. Rall. P Landing of the English Brigade on the feint. Q Frigate that made a strong cannonade at the beginning of the attack. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.