This scenario is taken from the British Grenadier! AWI Scenarios book 1. A brief background to the battle:
In the summer of 1776 an Anglo-German army under the command of General Sir William Howe attacked the Americans on Long Island commanded by Lt General George Washington. He made a demonstration against Washington's strong defences while sending a powerful force to turn his flank. Howe managed to wrong-foot Washington several times but failed to destroy his army.
By the third week of October, Washington's troops had been forced to concede New York and began to prepare a defensive position to the north of Manhattan island. Washington chose ground at White Plains and prepared earthworks in the hope of defeating the redcoats. Howe had no intention of storming the earthworks and instead identified Chatterton's Hill, wooded high ground to the right of Washington's position, as a target for turning it.
Washington, belatedly realising the weakness of his deployments, rushed reinforcements to Chatterton's Hill. Command of the attack force was given to the Hessian Lt General Philip von Heister. Upon reaching the Bronx river his Germans started building a bridge. Maj General Leslie decided this was too slow and discovered a barely useable ford to the German brigade's left. He drove his men threw it and attacked the American position.
