9:00 AM
Flatbush Pass – A strategic hilltop in the forests of central Brooklyn
1,300 Americans are stationed here with guns, cannons, and fortifications. They’re ready for the 5,000 Hessian troops approaching from the south, until . . .
“Was that a cannon blast . . . FROM THE NORTH?!”
“We’re surrounded!!”
Lt. Colonel Daniel Brodhead, Pennsylvania Regiment– 40 years old
His son is here too!
Hessians
German soldiers hired by the British
Brodhead orders . . .
“Proceed to the second wood! Cover the artillery! Make a stand!”
The fighting is fierce, hand-to-hand in the woods! But the Americans cannot hold. Brodhead and others flee the woods in a hail storm of musket fire.
Will he make it??
Vechte Farmhouse | Last stop before the creek
If Brodhead can cross the Gowanus Creek behind the farmhouse, he can join American forces on the other side.
But the fighting at the farmhouse is already intense! Endless British soldiers pour into the landscape. The Marylanders are charging the British, which creates a path of escape for Brodhead’s men.
Surprise Attack
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