 Complete the following phrase:  Howes troop strength totaled 32,000 regulars and Hessians auxiliaries, and Washingtons consisted of 23,000, mostly raw recruits and militia. In August, Howe landed 20,000 troops at Gravesend, Brooklyn, and approached Washingtons fortifications, as George III proclaimed the rebellious American colonists to be traitors. Washington, opposing his generals, chose to fight, based upon inaccurate information that Howes army had only 8,000-plus troops. In the Battle of Long Island, Howe 