A Plan of the Operations of the Kings Army Under the Command of General Sr. William Howe, K.B. in New York and East New Jersey against the American Forces Commanded by General Washington, from the 12th of October to the 28th of November 1776. Wherein is particularly distinguished the engagement on the White Plains, the 28th of October by SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736-1802); and William FADEN (1750-1836) - 1777

London: William Faden, 1777. Engraved map and battle plan, period hand colouring. Sheet size: 30 x 21 inches. Rare Revolutionary war plan of the Battle of White Plains, "so filled with detail as to be at once among the most informative and the most difficult to study of all the battle plans" (Nebenzahl, Atlas of the American Revolution).

The most accurate published delineation of the movements of the armies of Washington and Howe in Westchester published by Faden in February 1777 from drawings made by the British engineer Claude Joseph Sauthier who accompanied Howe on the October and November campaign. "Shows in detail movements and encampments of the British and American units from the north shore of Long Island north to the Croton River, south to Fort Washington on upper Manhattan, and west to Fort Lee New Jersey ... Many engraved notations describe maneuveurs and engagements" (Nebenzahl). Following the Battle of Long Island (August 1776), Washington retreated with the American forces into Manhattan and further north to White Plains. Howe pursued Washington, and this map shows the various landing places and camps of British and Hessian troops at Myers Point in Pelham, New Rochelle and Mamaroneck as well as the location of five war ships blocking the entrance to the Croton River. The map focusses largely on the 28 October Battle of White Plains and the subsequent retreat of the Americans to North Castle. On the west side of the Hudson, the map also shows the location of Cornwallis' camp after the taking of Fort Lee as late as November 18th. First edition, second state with the addition of five ships off Sarak Island (the Tartar, Phoenix, and Roebuck) and a dotted line charting their course.

Nebenzahl. Printed Battle Plans of the American Revolution, 101 (2nd state); Nebenzahl, Atlas of the American Revolution, 13; Phillips, A List of Maps of America, p. 1071; Sellers and Van Ee, Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies 1056 (2nd state); Stevens and Tree, 'Comparative Cartography' 456 (2nd state).