text_original: The British had decided to capture and hold the line of the Hudson in order to cut the colonies in two. Howe, with a trained army of twenty five thousand men, prepared to attack New York, while, to oppose him, Washington had only eighteen thousand undisciplined levies.
text_transcription: THE BRITISH HAD DECIDED TO CAPTURE AND HOLD THE LINE OF THE HUDSON IN ORDER TO CUT THE COLONIES IN TWO HOW WITH A TRAINED ARMY OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND MEN PREPARED TO ATTACK NEW YORK WHILE TO OPPOSE HIM WASHINGTON HAD ONLY EIGHTEEN THOUSAND UNDISCIPLINED LEVIES
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