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Description: Landing of the British troops, led by General Cornwallis, at the base of the Palisades near Fort Lee, New Jersey, on the morning of November 20, 1776. After ascending the Palisades, the British troops marched on Fort Lee, resulting in the evacuation of the fort by the Continental Army and their general retreat across New Jersey. This event is known as the Battle of Fort Lee.
Title: The Landing of the British Forces in the Jerseys on the 20th of November 1776 under the command of the Rt. Hon. Lieut. Gen. Earl Cornwallis
Credit:  This image is available from the New York Public Library's Digital Library under the digital ID 54210: digitalgallery.nypl.org → digitalcollections.nypl.org This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. বাংলা | English | français | Nederlands | русский | Türkçe | 中文 |+/−
Author: Thomas Davies
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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