Harlem Cove (Manhattanville), New York

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Harlem Cove (Manhattanville), New York

HARLEM COVE (MANHATTANVILLE), NEW YORK. 16 November 1776. In the British attack on Fort Washington, on this date, Lord Hugh Percy's column drove in the American pickets at Harlem Cove. They then attacked the forces under Lieutenant Colonel Lambert Cadwalader in the old Harlem Heights defenses, which were located at today's West 147th, 153d, and 159th Streets).

SEE ALSO Fort Washington, New York.

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