. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . er were iuten led to secure safe transit between Lcmg Island andNew York ; there was one sunk in a cellar on Coenties Slip, near foot ofWall Street; Waterburys Battery was located at the foot of CatherineStreet, where tlie river was narrowest; another battery on the llutgerslower hill ; forts were being erected on Jones, Bayards, and Lispenardshills, north of thc^ town, to cover the approach by land in that direction ;and still another at the loot of East Eighty-eighth Street to blockade thepassage at Hell Gate. That ])art of P
. History of the city of New York: its origin, rise and progress . er were iuten led to secure safe transit between Lcmg Island andNew York ; there was one sunk in a cellar on Coenties Slip, near foot ofWall Street; Waterburys Battery was located at the foot of CatherineStreet, where tlie river was narrowest; another battery on the llutgerslower hill ; forts were being erected on Jones, Bayards, and Lispenardshills, north of thc^ town, to cover the approach by land in that direction ;and still another at the loot of East Eighty-eighth Street to blockade thepassage at Hell Gate. That ])art of Port George which faced Broadwaywas dismantled to ])rcvent its Ixing converted into a citadel ; and bat-teries were ])rojected along the west side of the island at various points,although it was agreed that the Hudson was so extremely wide and deepthat all att(m])tsto obstruct the passage of shi])s would be fruitless ; worksof considerable strength were in ])rogiess at Kingsbridge. The map ofNew York Island, on the following page, has been compiled irom authentic. THE BRITISH ARMY DRIVEN EllOM BOSTON. G9 sources with direct reference to the coDvenience of the reader in tracingthe course of events and armies duiing this rarely interesting period ofAmerican history. It serves also with its truthful lines to illustrate thewonderful growth of New York City in a century. During the month of March, while George III. was exulting over theacquisition of twenty thousand German soldiers, and Joseph Brant, aMohawk sachem, was standing among the courtiers at Whitehall, promis-ing assistance from the Six Nations to chastise those l)ad children, theNew England people, and the ministry were strengthening their impetu-ous arrogance with the near prospect of victory, Washington, through aseries of skillful maneuvers, in which he hazarded compaiatively nothing,was actually putting the British army to flight from the city of before was so important a result obtained at so small a cost
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