<Li> Pell's Point </Li> <Li> Iron Works Hill </Li> <P> The Battle of White Plains was a battle in the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War fought on October 28, 1776, near White Plains, New York . Following the retreat of George Washington's Continental Army northward from New York City, British General William Howe landed troops in Westchester County, intending to cut off Washington's escape route . Alerted to this move, Washington retreated farther, establishing a position in the village of White Plains but failed to establish firm control over local high ground . Howe's troops drove Washington's troops from a hill near the village; following this loss, Washington ordered the Americans to retreat farther north . </P> <P> Later British movements chased Washington across New Jersey and into Pennsylvania . Washington then crossed the Delaware and surprised a brigade of Hessian troops in the December 26 Battle of Trenton . </P>

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