site of British flanking maneuver in Battle of Long Island

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Jamaica Pass is a strategic mountain pass in Brooklyn, New York, whose control proved pivotal during the British flanking maneuver at the 1776 Battle of Long Island in the American Revolutionary War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain pass ⓘ
strategic pass ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American defensive dispositions on Long Island ⓘ
British flanking march of August 27, 1776 ⓘ
controlledBy British Army during Battle of Long Island ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
hasCategory American Revolutionary War sites in New York City ⓘ
Battle of Long Island ⓘ
Landforms of Brooklyn ⓘ
Mountain passes of New York State ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasRole site of British flanking maneuver in Battle of Long Island ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance control of access routes across Long Island ⓘ
key approach route to American positions in Brooklyn ⓘ
historicalCountry British America ⓘ
Province of New York ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
knownFor enabling British outflanking of American left ⓘ
role in Battle of Long Island ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
Long Island ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear Brooklyn-Queens border ⓘ
Flatbush, Brooklyn ⓘ
Jamaica, Queens ⓘ
namedAfter Jamaica (Queens neighborhood) ⓘ
linked to: Jamaica, Queens
opposedBy Continental Army ⓘ
partOf Brooklyn road network in colonial era ⓘ
Kings County, New York ⓘ
linked to: Kings County

historical military geography of New York City ⓘ
presentDayContext densely built-up urban area of Brooklyn ⓘ
presentDayUse urban transportation corridor ⓘ
terrainFeature elevation on terminal moraine of Long Island ⓘ
usedDuring American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Long Island ⓘ

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Jamaica Pass → roleInEvent → site of British flanking maneuver in Battle of Long Island ⓘ