Washington, viewing particularly fierce fighting at the <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Gowanus_Canal" title="Gowanus Canal" id="mwAX8">Gowanus Creek</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Old_Stone_House_(Brooklyn)" title="Old Stone House (Brooklyn)" id="mwAYA">Old Stone House</a> from atop a hill near the west end of present-day <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Atlantic_Avenue_(Brooklyn)" title="Atlantic Avenue (Brooklyn)" class="mw-redirect" id="mwAYE">Atlantic Avenue</a>, was reported to have emotionally exclaimed: "What brave men I must this day lose!".
