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Battle of White Plains

1776 battle near White Plains, New York

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Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 11, 2026
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Source-derived summary

The Battle of White Plains took place during the New York and New Jersey campaign of the American Revolutionary War 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 failing to establish firm control over local high ground.

Editorial summary

“Battle of White Plains” enters the record as 1776 battle near White Plains, New York. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Battle, White and Plains can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1776—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Battle, White and Plains.
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Why this record matters

“Battle of White Plains” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Battle, White and Plains provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 11, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1776.

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This entry incorporates text from “Battle of White Plains” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.