forces. These German mercenaries, generally known as Hessians, are seasoned and well-armed fighters. With these reinforcements added to their already vast army and navy, the British commanders—Gen. William Howe and his brother, Adm. Richard Howe—are preparing one of the largest and most powerful expeditionary forces in history. All this immense firepower will be directed at one city, on a skinny island, surrounded by waterways, with no navy to defend it. “I fear for you and my other New York friends,” a London resident writes to an acquaintance in Manhattan, “for I expect your city will be
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