Works, Volume 16, Issue 4G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1857 |
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action advance affairs aide-de-camp alarm Albany arms army Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage battle brave bridge brigade British Brunswick Burgoyne Burgoyne's captured Clair Colonel command conduct Congress Cornwallis Creek Delaware detachment division encamped endeavored enemy enemy's eral fire flank fleet force Ford Fort Edward Fort Independence Fort Mercer Fort Mifflin Fort Montgomery forts garrison Gates George Clinton give Governor guard Hampshire Grants harass Hessian Highlands Hill horse Hudson hundred Indians ington intrenchments Jerseys Lake land Leger letter main body Major-General ment miles military militia Miss McCrea Mohawk Mohawk River morning Morristown movement night Northern department officers ordered parties passed Peekskill Philadelphia Princeton prisoners Putnam quarters rear received reconnoiter regiment reinforcements retreat Riedesel river road Schuyler sent side Sir Henry Clinton Sir William Skenesborough soon spirit Sullivan Ticonderoga tion Trenton troops Tryon County Washington Wayne woods wounded writes York