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eral George Clinton, and the Militia of Ulster County.
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Dec-
laration of Lord Howe. His Letter to the Colonial
Governors. His Letter to Washington rejected. -
Interview between the British Adjutant-general and
Colonel Reed. Reception of the Adjutant-general
by Washington. The Phonix and Rose in the
Tappan Sea and Haverstraw Bay. - Arming of the
River Yeomanry. - George Clinton at the Gates of
the Highlands
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CHAPTER XXVIII.
Question of Command between Gates and Schuyler. —
Condition of the Army at Crown Point.- Discon-
tent and departure of Sullivan. - Fortifications at
Ticonderoga. The Question of Command ad-
justed. Secret Discontents. Sectional Jealousies
in the Army. Southern Troops.
Smallwood's
Macaroni Battalion. - Connecticut Light horse
CHAPTER XXIX.
Southern Cruise of Sir Henry Clinton. - Fortifications
at Charleston. Arrival there of General Lee.
Battle at Sullivan's Island.
nounces the Result to the Army
Washington an-
CHAPTER XXX.
Putnam's Military Projects.
Chevaux-de-frise at Fort
Washington. Meditated Attack on Staten Island.
-Arrival of Ships. Hessian Reinforcements.-
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Scotch Highlanders.
Sir Henry Clinton and Lord
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Cornwallis. Putnam's Obstructions of the Hudson.
-The Phonix and Rose attacked by Row Gallies
at Tarrytown. - General Order of Washington on
the Subject of Sectional Jealousies.-Profane Swear-
ing prohibited in the Camp. Preparations against
Attack. Levies of Yeomanry. - George Clinton
in Command of the Levies along the Hudson. —
Alarms of the People of New York.
Benevolent
The Phonix grappled
by a Fire-ship. The Ships evacuate the Hudson . 316
Long Island in Possession of the Enemy. - Distressed
Situation of the American Army at New York. —
Question of Abandoning the City. - Letters from
Either Camp.- Enemy's Ships in the Sound.- Re-
moval of Women and Children from the City. -
Yearning for Home among the Militia. - Tolerant
Ideas of Washington and Greene. - Fort Constitu-
tion. - Conference of Lord Howe with a Com-
Movements of the Enemy.-Councils of War. - Ques-
tion of the Abandonment of the City. - Distribu-
tion of the Army. - Ships in the East River. The
Enemy at Hell Gate. -Skirmish at Turtle Bay.
Panic of the Connecticut Militia.- Rage and Per-
sonal Peril of Washington.- Putnam's Perilous Re-
treat from the City.-British Regale at Murray Hill 373
CHAPTER XXXV.
Fortified Camp at King's Bridge. — American and Brit-
The Morris House. Alexander Ham-
ish Lines.
ilton.
The Enemy Advance. Successful Skir-
mish. Death of Knowlton. - Great Fire in New
York.
Reorganization of the Army. - Exchange
of Prisoners.
Daniel Morgan Regained. De
Lancey's Tory Brigade. - Robert Rogers, the Par-
tisan. His Rangers. - The Roebuck, Phoenix, and
Tartar in the Hudson. - Military Movements by
Land and Water. - Letter of John Jay
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Lee expected in Camp.-His Letter of Advice to the
President of Congress. The Enemy at Throg's
Neck. Washington's Arrangements. - Rides to
Throg's Neck. The Enemy brought to a Stand.
-Military Movements. Arrival of Lee. -A Com-
mand assigned to Him.
Congress and the Army.
Criticises the Conduct of
Council of War. The
Army to move to the Mainland. - Fort Washing-
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CHAPTER XXXVII.
Army Arrangements.
Washington at White Plains.
The Enemy at Throg's Point.-Skirmish of Colonel
Glover.-Attempt to surprise Rogers, the Renegade.
-Troopers in a Rough Country.-Alarms at White
Plains. Cannonading of Ships at Fort Washing-
ton.- March of Lee. — Fortified Camp at White
Plains. Reconnoitering. The Affair at Chatter-
ton Hill. Relative Situation of the Armies.
Change of Position. - Contrast of the Appearance
of the Troops. - George Clinton's Idea of Strategy.
- Movement of the British Army. - Incendiaries at
White Plains
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Conjectures as to the Intentions of the Enemy. Conse-
Correspondence with Greene
quent Precautions.
respecting Fort Washington.- Distribution of the
Army. Lee left in Command at Northcastle.
Instructions to Him. Washington at Peekskill.
- Visits to the Posts in the Highlands
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Affairs on Lake Champlain. - Gates at Ticonderoga.
Arnold's Flotilla. Military Preparations of Sir
Guy Carleton at St. John's. - Nautical Encounters.
Gallant Conduct of Arnold and Waterbury. —
Carleton in Possession of Crown Point. - His Re-
turn to Canada and Winter Quarters
CHAPTER XL.
The Fort
Washington crosses the Hudson. Arrives at Fort Lee.
Affairs at Fort Washington. - Question about its
Abandonment. - Movements of Howe.-
summoned to Surrender. Refusal of Colonel Ma-
gaw. The Fort attacked. - Capture of the Fort
and Garrison. Comments of Washington on the
State of Affairs
The Enemy cross the
from Fort Lee. The Crossing of the Hackensack.
- Lee ordered to move to the West Side of the
Reed's Letter to him. - Second Move of
River.
the Army beyond the Passaic.
-Assistance sought
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446
CONTENTS.
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from Various Quarters.
Correspondences and
Schemes of Lee. Heath stanch to his Instructions.
-Anxiety of George Clinton for the Safety of the
Hudson. Critical Situation of the Army. - Dis-
paraging Correspondence between Lee and Reed. —
Washington retreats across the Raritan. Arrives
at Trenton. Removes his Baggage across the Del-
aware. Dismay and Despondency of the Coun-
try. Proclamation of Lord Howe. Exultation
of the Enemy. Washington's Resolve in Case of
Extremity.
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CHAPTER XLII.
Lee at Peekskill. Stanch Adherence of Heath to Or-
Lee crosses the Hudson.
His
ders.
- Washington at
Trenton. Lee at the Heels of the Enemy.
Speculations on Military Greatness. - Forced March
of Cornwallis. Washington crosses the Delaware.
-Putnam in Command at Philadelphia. - Baffling
Letters of Lee. Hopes to reconquer the Jerseys.
Lee Quartered at Bask-
Recruit-
ment of the Army. - Increased Pay. - Colonel John
Cadwalader. - Arrival of Sullivan. Gates. Wil-
kinson. A Coup de Main Meditated. Posture of
Affairs at Trenton. Gates declines to take a Part.
His Comments on Washington's Plans. - Prep-
arations for the Coup de Main. — Crossing of the
Delaware. Attack on the Enemy's Forces at
Trenton.- Death of Rahl. - His Character
CHAPTER XLIV.
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Treatment of the Hessian Prisoners. Their Interviews
with Washington. - Their Reception by the People 525
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