Word: attacking
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...Colonel Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys attack Fort Ticonderoga and seize gateway to Lake Champlain and water route to Canada. May 10. Second Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia. May 18. Congress urges colonies to put their militia in state of preparedness. June 15. Congress appoints George Washington commander of Continental troops...
...American General Richard Montgomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold join in attack on Quebec and are routed. Montgomery killed...
Much is at stake in New York. And while it is a logical place for the British to attack, it is a less than ideal place for Washington to defend. One difficulty is the nature of the New Yorkers themselves. Colonel Knox, a Bostonian, has described them as "magnificent in their pride and conceit, which is inimitable; in the want of principle, which is prevalent; in their Toryism, which is insufferable, and for which they must repent in dust and ashes...
...fact, as long as the Colonies have almost no naval forces available, New York is virtually indefensible against strong sea and land attack. Worse, whether it is finally occupied or not, it can easily be destroyed by naval fire, as Falmouth in the Maine District was set ablaze last year and Norfolk, Virginia, was burned down in January. If New York citizens were less notably Loyalist (an estimated two-thirds of the city is owned by Tories), Howe's gunners could reduce the city to ruin...
...vulnerability of the city, its political importance and the desire of both Rebels and redcoats to keep from destroying it will certainly affect Howe's tactics once his attack is launched. These factors have already profoundly affected Washington's defense. Howe, sources in London confirm, needs the city whole, as a center of flourishing Tory trade and power in the Colonies. He also wants it for winter quarters and as a base from which his forces may push up Hudson's River. If in the process of taking the city, he can capture Washington's Army...