Excerpt from The Battle of New York: A Story for All Young People HE bayonets gleamed brightly in the sun, as their steady rows came up the avenue. A strong squad of blue-coated policemen marched in advance to clear the way, and behind them marched the band. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.