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After taking some time to consolidate his position in New York General Howe sent a detachment out to capture Newport, Rhode Island and sent Cornwallis out to chase down Washington and finally he also sent a force up the Hudson in preparation for the expected attempt to retake Quebec the next year. The only one of these campaigns to succeed was the attack on Newport though the assault up the Hudson was very close to succeeding. General Charles Lee who had been left in charge of the forces north of the city was retreating in the face of the assault until forces from Quebec under General John Sullivan, who had been sent north to bolster the defense of Quebec earlier in the year, and the smaller forces under General Arnold, who had been campaigning around Lake Ontario, arrived to drive the British back. Sullivan took command of those forces staying and Arnold took command of the forces continuing on to General Washington. Cornwallis also failed but set up camps across New Jersey before finally setting up winter quarters leading the area to become a refuge of loyalists and a recruiting ground for provincial militia. Jonathan Eddy who had finally managed to scrape together a small force from Massachusetts and a few native allies started his attempt to bring down the loyalist government in Nova Scotia. On November 12, 1776 after several days siege Eddy assaulted Fort Cumberland one of the Maliseet warriors managed to sneak in and open the gates allowing them to take the fort. Following his victory he once again tried to gain more support from Congress or Massachusetts to further exploit the opportunity he had created though it was slow to come and so was the local support that had so far been suppressed by the local British forces.

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