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  conflict Battle of Long Island
  partof the American Revolutionary War
  date August 27 - 30, 1776
  place Brooklyn , Long Island , New York
  result British victory
  combatant1 United States
  combatant2 Kingdom Of Great Britain
  commander1 George Washington ,<br/> Israel Putnam
  commander2 William Howe ,<br/> Charles Cornwallis ,<br/> Henry Clinton
  strength1 11,000-13,000 (about 10,000 of which were Militia )
  strength2 22,000 (including 9,000 Hessian s)
  casualties1 1,719 total (312 dead, 1,407 wounded, captured or missing)
  casualties2 377 total (63 dead, 314 wounded or missing)


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