# A battle piece

Author: Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950; Soare, William Fulton, 1896-1940 [Illustrator]

Genre: Short stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78480

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+battle+piece+Haycox&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was late on the night of August 26, 1776. The sun had set blood red beyond the Jersey palisades, touching, as it dipped, the British ships in New York harbor. The nine thousand Continentals camped on Brooklyn Heights, with their backs to the East River and their gun muzzles pointed toward the rugged hills which masked Flatbush, wondered where Howe kept himself and wished for the actual presence of Washington.

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-battle-piece-78480/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-battle-piece-78480/chapters/2/index.md)