New York and New Jersey campaign able to make an orderly retreat to Manhattan under cover of darkness and fog. Washington suffered a series of further defeats in Manhattan, with the exception of the skirmish at Harlem Heights, and eventually withdrew to White Plains, New York. At that point Howe returned to Manhattan to capture forces Washington had left in the north of the island. Washington and much of his army then crossed the Hudson River into New Jersey, and retreated all the way across the Delaware River into Pennsylvania, shrinking due to ending enlistment periods, desertions, and poor morale. Howe ordered his troops into winter
Tyre, New York total area of of which is land and (8.97%) is water. The north town line is the border of Wayne County, and the east town line, partly marked by the Seneca River, is the border of Cayuga County. A large eastern part of the town is in the Montezuma Marsh. The Erie Canal and the Cayuga-Seneca Canal (Seneca River) pass through Tyre. New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) crosses the town, passing through the Montezuma Marsh. New York State Route 89 and New York State Route 414 are north-south highways in the town, and New York State Route 318 is