British capture of Fort Lee

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battle military operation

The British capture of Fort Lee was a 1776 Revolutionary War operation in which British and Hessian forces seized the American fort on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, forcing a hasty Continental Army retreat and contributing to the loss of New York.

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Label	Occurrences
British capture of Fort Lee canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
AmericanForcesEvacuated	Fort Lee garrison ⓘ
AmericanLeaderRole	George Washington directed the retreat ⓘ
belligerent	Continental Army ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Hesse-Kassel ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
campaignTheater	New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York ⓘ
cause	British campaign to capture New York and New Jersey ⓘ
combatant	British Army ⓘ Continental Army ⓘ surface form: Continental Army garrison Hessian troops ⓘ
commander	Charles Cornwallis ⓘ George Washington ⓘ Nathanael Greene ⓘ William Howe ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Province of New Jersey ⓘ
date	November 20, 1776 ⓘ
effect	abandonment of American artillery and supplies ⓘ contributed to loss of New York to the British ⓘ hasty Continental Army retreat ⓘ loss of Fort Lee by the Americans ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Trenton ⓘ Continental Army retreat across New Jersey ⓘ
fortificationCaptured	Fort Lee, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Fort Lee
historicalEra	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
location	Fort Lee, New Jersey ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ
objective	control of the Hudson River ⓘ seizure of Fort Lee ⓘ
opposedFortification	Fort Washington, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Fort Washington
partOf	New York and New Jersey campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of White Plains ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Fort Lee, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States
relatedEvent	Battle of Fort Washington ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
riverCrossing	Hudson River ⓘ
strategicSignificance	secured British control of the lower Hudson River ⓘ weakened American defensive line in New Jersey ⓘ
typeOfAction	amphibious landing ⓘ flanking maneuver ⓘ
year	1776 ⓘ

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Battle of Fort Washington → followedBy → British capture of Fort Lee ⓘ