01x15 - New York, New York

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never give up you represent america

how can i see it any other way

here are some exciting scenes from

today's episode of liberty's kids

we'll drive these pesky rebels into the

river and have our troops home in time

for christmas

british regulars they're right behind me

they're running

why are they running

because they can't fly

july 9 1776

dearest mother where to begin

james henry and i have been in new york

city for a week now

general washington the commander of the

american army has been busy fortifying

the city and harbour and no wonder with

the arrival of the british fleet

what a sight

some say there are so many masks that it

looks like a floating forest

you were so kind to ask mrs radcliffe to

give us lodgings they are quite restful

i'm sorry i cannot say the same for new

york ever since the reading of the

independence declaration on the seventh

it has been a city gone quite mad

hey i'm going to have them pull down the

statue of king jokes a turd henry stay

here you're nothing but a magnet for

trouble anywhere you go bad things

happen do not

i think you'd better listen to james

you two are just jealous because i have

more fun than you do

down with george

independence

of what possible good is a broken statue

i heard they're taking it up to a

cannonball factory in connecticut and

why on earth would they go to all that

trouble general washington told his

staff that he intends to return the lead

in the statue to the british troops as

soon as possible seems pretty boastful

general washington's been

commander-in-chief of the continental

army a whole year and has yet to fight a

battle i think he'll get his battle soon

a big one

general howe your telescope sir

there

that's where we'll strike general

washington and his army

on the heights

we'll drive these pesky rebels into the

river and have our troops home in time

for christmas

i thought you would be more comfortable

eating here nowadays the streets are so

unsafe

this collar is unsafe huh

i don't know where all those dreadful

persons on the street have come from

i've never seen them in this

neighborhood before

out of town troublemakers would be my

guess as mr radcliffe used to say this

rebellion business will soon get out of

hand i'm sorry i won't get to see mr

radcliff this trip my mother used to

enjoy his stories

you said he's in

uh

canada yes

seeing to some timberland we are

thinking of buying along the saint

lawrence

well i'm just glad the british fleet has

arrived

the sooner general howe puts things

right the sooner we can all get this

silly revolution business over with and

get back to normal

oh boy

why were you making those faces at mrs

radcliffe's i couldn't stand it

seeing to some timberland we're thinking

of buying along the st lawrence

stop that it's impolite

i saw a list of tories at general

washington's headquarters mr radcliffe's

name was on it you don't mean the army

is going after private citizens no but

some other private citizens might and i

think mr radcliffe and some of his

friends thought it best to leave until

things blow over i don't think things

will blow over very soon if our henry

has anything to do with it

sometimes i think oneri believes this is

all just a big party for his benefit uh

sarah don't look now but i think someone

has his eye on you

oh don't be foolish

awfully busy isn't she yes she thinks

she's a journalist

miss allow me to introduce myself i am

ugny wolf hutchinson from milford

connecticut my comrades in arms and i

have arrived to defend this city and

ladies such as yourself from the cruel

vindictive english i'm english myself

sir does that make me cruel and

vindictive as well uh i was only

repeating terms some of our rougher

members commonly used to refer to the

enemy whether they are cruel and

vindictive or gentlemen they are

soldiers and i offer my strong arm for

your protection

forgive me duty calls

you've got to be kidding didn't he say

his name was ugly it was adney and you

know it

phew where are you going with you and

the soldiers over to brooklyn to watch

the battle

sarah i'm a journalist too

remember conquered

your promise to ben

dr franklin i won't put myself

needlessly in danger

what is it with you and you'll need to

imitate people

all right let me put it this way

you can't go you're not my mother she's

right you're not your mother

no but i'm responsible to dr franklin

and he's responsible to her mother

besides it's too big a story for both of

us to be in one place one of us needs to

report on what happens in the city let's

face it you're more comfortable with tea

and crumpets than me

i must admit james occasionally you're

right

general washington sends reinforcements

to the fort on the heights at brooklyn

to counter a large force of british

troops heading for long island

all right i'm going to washington's

headquarters what about me can i go

no

we'll see about that

sarah who is that waving at you

oh it's that

henry

general putnam informs me that the

british are moving up the gowanus road

and hessian troops have been spotted on

the flatbush road but there is still a

substantial number in camp on the beach

i don't have to tell you what is at

stake here gentlemen everything worth

living for

none of my boys will disappoint you

general they'll throw the redcoats back

onto their boats

generally if i may this jamaica road

concerns me it's presently undefended

the enemy is here at the gowanus swamp

and that is where i'll strike him

uh

lord sterling i wonder if i could ask

you a few questions yes

general washington told me about you

franklin's apprentice

does it bother you that a good portion

of the enemy is made up of hessians well

son the enemy is the enemy whether

they're british troops or german

mercenaries hired to fight by the

british but to have no other reason to

be here than to fight for money no cause

no country no freedom at stake it

doesn't seem right i think you'll find

they have as many reasons to be here as

we do

now if you will excuse me

gentlemen i have a special mission in

mind i need volunteers

paid volunteers

i'm in shore what's the mission in the

interest of fairness i think the readers

of dr franklin's newspaper should

understand the thoughts of those loyal

to the king

that's a dangerous point of view to have

these days

well

nevertheless

i'm interested in what you think about

the revolution i'd keep your name out of

it

i think it's a dangerous

foolhardy adventure why do they want to

fight to create their own country they

feel england has mistreated them i've

read this declaration of independence

is it worth going to w*r because the

king called for their legislative bodies

to meet in uncomfortable places that's

just one of their reasons and the men

who signed it what do they know about

running a country these new yorkers here

francis lewis a hat seller

louis morris a farmer from upcountry

william floyd i've never even heard of

him

this philip livingston is such an

insufferable blowhard mr radcliffe had

to ask him to leave a supper we were

giving for the governor

dr franklin signed it too yes

i know

even the brightest of men do foolish

things from time to time my dear

you yourself are english born and bred

our whole lives are tied to england our

commerce our culture our laws our

religion our education where do young

americans go to become doctors lawyers

and clergymen

england in what language are you writing

your article

english exactly

it started oh dear

may god protect us all

looks like general sullivan was right

about the attack it's way over there by

gowanus swamp um i was wondering why did

you take money from lord sterling i

thought hessians were the only ones who

fight for money we fight for a cause

james i believe in our cause as much as

the next man but i haven't been paid in

a long time everyone needs a few coins

goodness knows lord sterling has plenty

to spare believe me there's not enough

money on earth to make men face fire

like that

but they're doing it and my time will

come

that's a writer coming fast too

british regulars they're right behind me

lord sterling was right they're using

jamaica road for an attack come on

you say you're a spy on the staff of

general washington himself you're just a

child that is the beauty of it everyone

thinks that and pays me no mind what

better disguise for a spy

over there

general washington the entire right is

falling back on gowanus road on the left

general sullivan has been flanked and he

cannot hold where the jamaica road lord

sterling's troops held out as long as

they could but now they're pulling back

to the heights they're running why are

they running because they can't fly

you awake

after today i don't know if i'll ever

sleep again how do you think general

washington did all's i know general

washington goes a year without a battle

first one comes along and the best we

can do is run away

nobody could stand up to what the

british threw down that road well we

sure didn't what now i don't know i just

hope we don't have to surrender

general the reports say the troops that

survived the attacks are safely back

onto the heights how many didn't survive

we don't know yet

lord sterling was captured

casualty estimates are high there's more

what else they captured general sullivan

too

general howe is welcome to him

boats

all the boats we can find we are leaving

the heights in the morning sir now

listen i am not even a colonist i am

european like you we think you are a spy

and until we think something else you're

not going anywhere

a spy what an idea i am just a kid

is that everyone yes general we're the

last the rest of the troops have already

escaped in the boats

general our retreat at night in the face

of the enemy will be seen as the work of

a military genius i'm afraid this

retreat is a very unmilitary thing to do

we were licked plain and simple i wasn't

ready for them

powder

uh good

g*n powder

now there's something you don't see

every day

are these reports correct captain the

colonials abandoned the entire fort last

night

yes general washington sailed off under

the cover of fog and darkness

it seems general washington doesn't

believe in the accepted conventions of

w*r

you lose the battle you surrender

james you're back

pardon me

are you all right i'm fine really well

what was the battle like it was pretty

bad

but general washington safely snuck the

whole army away during the night

where's henry isn't he here

we haven't seen him since you left

yesterday

i thought he caught up with you

i wonder where he oh no

only

where have you been

nowhere what have you done

nothing

what kind of trouble did you cause this

time

me trouble

do we really want to know

no

where are you going since washington's

retreat from long island weeks ago

general howe's done nothing until today

that cannon fire has been going on all

day james said something was up at kip's

bay and i bet he's there already

went to bed

sarah henry

we lost again

you well there no i found ugly and he

told me what happened is udney all right

yes why i thought you didn't like him

well i was just wondering that's all so

what happened

well agni told me we was waiting at

kipp's bay and the british opened fire

general washington told us to stand our

ground

but i guess it was too much for some of

us the officers couldn't stop them

stand your ground

return to the ramparts stand your ground

you

how am i to win a w*r with men like

these

generals

you must come away

you can't win a w*r by retreating

or can you

so that's ugny's story it's not a proud

day for our revolution what's washington

going to do now

i'm puzzled gentle

what kind of commander fights a battle

and after losing instead of surrendering

retreats to fight again evidently

this american general washington

ah

moses here's another dispatch from james

let it be good news for a change it

seems we still have quite a few troops

and general washington has moved them

all to a fort on harlem heights this has

turned into a new kind of w*r an

american w*r

general washington is going to fight a

delaying action hoping to wear down the

british while giving himself time to

build and train an army

an army that fights with little or no

pay few supplies few weapons but with a

belief that they are americans and

americans will fight and die for freedom

nothing less

p.s

some soldiers are putting up a flag on

our new flagpole there's not much wind

today so the flag is just hanging there

but it's still there

i'm searching for

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