<P> took possession of a hill about two miles from camp, and detached Colonel Atlee to meet them further on the road; in about sixty rods he drew up and received the enemy's fire and gave them a well - directed fire from his regiment, which did great execution, and then retreated to the hill . - General Parsons </P> <P> Stirling took up positions with the Delaware and Maryland regiments just to the north of Atlee's men on the slopes of a rise of land between 18th and 20th streets . Some of the Maryland troops were positioned on a small hill near 23rd Street, which the local Dutch called "Blokje Berg" (Dutch for cube or block hill). At the base of this hill, the Gowanus Road crossed a small bridge over a ditch which drained a marshy area . When the British advanced up the Gowanus Road, the American troops fired upon them from positions on the north side of the ditch . To the left was Colonel Peter Kachline's Pennsylvania regiment . </P> <P> Just to the southeast of Blokje Berg were a few hills; amongst them was a hill which is the highest point in King's County at 220 feet which came to be known as "Battle Hill," in what is today Greenwood Cemetery by the cemetery's boundary of 23rd Street and 7th Avenue . The British attempted to outflank the American positions by taking this hill . The Americans tried to prevent the British move, sending troops under Parsons and Atlee to take the hill . The British got there first but the Americans were able to dislodge them in fierce fighting . </P> <P> Battle Hill was the site of especially brutal fighting, with the Americans inflicting the highest number of casualties against the British troops during the entire Battle of Long Island . Among those killed was British Colonel James Grant, which led the Americans to believe that they had killed General James Grant . He was alleged to have been shot by a Pennsylvanian rifleman who had been sniping at the British from up in a tree . Among the American dead was Pennsylvania Colonel Caleb Parry, who was killed while rallying his troops . </P>

Where did the long island battle take place