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The historical Battle of
White Plains took place on Monday, October 28, 1776, between a British
Army, under the command of General Sir William Howe, and an American
Army, under the command of General George Washington. About 4,000
British and Hessian troops, from a force of about 14,000 troops, were
engaged in this battle with about 1,450 to 1,600 American troops, from a
force of about 14,500 troops. This battle ended with a British victory,
when British and Hessian troops, advancing from their encampment in
Eastchester, forced the American troops defending Chatterton's Hill (now
Battle Hill), in White Plains, about six miles away, to retreat,
northward. The
battle started in Scarsdale, about one mile from Chatterton's Hill, when
1,700 to 2,500 American New England troops, under the command of Major
General Joseph Canfield Spencer, tried to stop, near the Old York Road
(now White Plains Post Road), the Hessian troops, under the command of
Lieutenant General De Heister, that were advancing from Mamaroneck Road,
but they were repulsed, with the help of the British 17th
Light Dragoons, and 22 American troops were killed, 24 were
wounded, and 1 was missing.
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The
American troops scattered and some retreated across the Bronx River,
near Mill Lane, to Chatterton's Hill, which is a very steep
and wooded ridge about three quarters of a mile long and about 180 feet
above the Bronx River, where the main American force had taken up
defensive positions, under the command of Major General Alexander
McDougall. Other American troops, under the command of Major General
Israel Putnam and General George Washington, were in fortified
positions, with artillery, on Purdy Hill and Hatfield Hill, which was
under the command of General Heath, northeast of Chatterton's Hill, on
the other side of the Bronx River, where it turned northward, and in
front of Dobbs Ferry Road (now Battle Avenue) and the Road to
Connecticut (now Lake Street). American troops also held a fortified
Merritt Hill, which was across from Hatfield Hill.
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