ACT THREE

Opening Scene: Tuesday August 29th.News from Long Island is not good. The British moved 20,000 of their now 32,000-man army on Staten Island to Long Island. With a fleet of now over 400 vessels in New York harbor the British make the transfer unchallenged.

General Washington only has 20,000 American troops under his command and sends half of them to Long Island to try to keep the British from taking Brooklyn. The American’s report lost over a thousand men at the battle of Brooklyn Heights and the British look like they are going to capture the remaining 9,000 American troops there. The group has been working with Nathan Hale following British troop movements.

          Derik has been busy this past month trying to decipher the “Doctor’s Spell Book”.

Scene One: At 4 pm Tuesday, August 29^th, Washington held a meeting with his generals. Knownlton, and Hale presented intelligence on the enemy positions. The group stood against the walls with the

 adjuncts on the edge of the room while the Generals sat around the table discussing strategy.

General Mifflin advised Washington to retreat to Manhattan while Mifflin and his Pennsylvania regiments made up the rear guard, holding the line until the rest of the army had withdrawn.

The generals agreed unanimously with Mifflin that retreat was the best option and Washington had orders go out by the evening.

 

Scene Two: At 4 pm Tuesday, August 29^th, Washington held a meeting with his generals. Knownlton, and Hale presented intelligence on the enemy positions.

The group stood against the walls with the adjuncts on the edge of the room while the Generals sat around the table discussing strategy.

 General Mifflin advised Washington to retreat to Manhattan while Mifflin and his Pennsylvania regiments made up the rear guard, holding the line until the rest of the army had withdrawn.

The generals agreed unanimously with Mifflin that retreat was the best option and Washington had orders go out by the evening.

 

Scene Three: The Group headed over to the Brooklyn Ferry house, and because of their nautical skills, assisted in the evacuation. By 9pm, the sick and wounded began to be moved to Manhattan Island. By 11pm they were evacuating the regular troops.

As more troops were evacuated, more were ordered to withdraw from the lines and march to the ferry landing. Wagon wheels were muffled, and men were forbidden to talk. Mifflin's rear guard was tending campfires to deceive the British. Artillery, supplies, and troops were all being evacuated across the river at this time but it was not going as fast as Washington had anticipated and daybreak soon came.

Realizing they would be doomed if something didn’t happen to cover the American troops movements, Daniel attempted his fist Spell. It worked; A fog settled in and concealed the evacuation from the British.

 

Scene Four:  Wednesday Morning August 30^th, 1776.

The British patrols noticed that there did not seem to be any American pickets and thus began to search the area. While they were doing this, Washington, the last man left, stepped onto the last boat. At 7am, the last American troops landed in Manhattan. All 9,000 troops had been evacuated with no loss of life. Later that day the Group sets up their new Spy Ring HQ at the Red Lion Inn on the edge of  Battery park.