纽约是联结新英格兰和北美其余殖民地的战略枢纽，谁夺取了这个战略要地和优良海港，谁就取得了战略上的主动权。威廉·豪退往哈利法克斯后即把下一步行动的目标指向了纽约。
由于大陆军缺乏经验，在长岛、曼哈顿、纽约白原战役中战败。
The inexperienced Continental Army was defeated on Long Island, Manhattan, and at White Plains, New York.
次年冬天与丈夫在弗尔治谷重聚，不久她与丈夫共同经历了新泽西、纽约、宾西法尼亚和马里兰战役。
The next winter she joined her husband at Valley Forge, and later she stayed with him during campaigns in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
1776年的今天，长岛战役：在现今纽约的布鲁克林，威廉·豪率领下的英军打败了乔治·华盛顿率领下的美军。
1776 - Battle of Long Island, in present day Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
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