The British have established a chain of outposts stretching from Perth Amboy to Bordentown and, with the campaign at an apparent conclusion for the season, enter winter quarters.

They control much of New York and New Jersey and are in a good position to resume operations in the spring, with the rebel capital of Philadelphia in striking distance.

Howe detaches General Clinton with six thousand men to occupy Newport, Rhode Island as a base for future operations against Boston and Connecticut (Clinton had occupied Newport in early December without opposition.)

Howe now sketches a campaign for the coming year in a letter to Lord Germain: ten thousand men at Newport, ten thousand for an expedition to Albany (to meet an army descending from Quebec), eight thousand to cross New Jersey and threaten Philadelphia, and five thousand to defend New York.

If additional foreign forces are available, operations can also be considered against the southern states.