. The works of Washington Irving. d be obstinate,the British army, even if successful, mightsustain a loss sufficient to cripple its operationsin the coming year.* These and other prudential reasons inducedCarleton to give up all attempt upon the fortressat present; wherefore, re-embarking his troops,he returned to St. Johns, and cantoned themin Canada for the winter. It was not tmtilabout the ist of November that a reconnoiter-ing party, sent out from Ticonderoga by Gen-eral Gates, brought him back intelligence thatCrown Point was abandoned by the enemy, andnot a hostile sail in sight. All ap
. The works of Washington Irving. d be obstinate,the British army, even if successful, mightsustain a loss sufficient to cripple its operationsin the coming year.* These and other prudential reasons inducedCarleton to give up all attempt upon the fortressat present; wherefore, re-embarking his troops,he returned to St. Johns, and cantoned themin Canada for the winter. It was not tmtilabout the ist of November that a reconnoiter-ing party, sent out from Ticonderoga by Gen-eral Gates, brought him back intelligence thatCrown Point was abandoned by the enemy, andnot a hostile sail in sight. All apprehensionsof an attack upon Ticonderoga during thepresent year were at an end, and many of thetroops stationed there were already on theirmarch toward Albajiy. Such was the purport of the news from thenorth, received by Washington at relieved him for the present from all anxietyrespecting affairs on I^ake Champlain, and gavehim the prospect of reinforcements from thatquarter. * Civil War in America, vol. i., p. Washington Crosses the Hudson—Arrives at Fort I^ee—Affairs at Fort Washington—Question about itsAbandonment—Movements of Howe—The PortSummoned to Surrender—Refusal of Colonel Ma-gaw—The Port Attacked—Capture of the Fort andGarrison—Comments of Washington on the Stateof Affairs. ON the morning of tlie i2tli of Novem-ber, Washington crossed the Hudson,to the ferry below Stony Point, withthe residue of the troops destined forthe Jerseys. Far below were to be descried thePhoenix, the Roebuck, and the Tartar, at anchorin the broad waters of Haverstraw Bay and theTappan Sea, guarding the lower ferries. Thearmy, thus shut out from the nearer passes, wasslowly winding its way by a circuitous routethrough the gap in the motmtains, which lyordStirling had secured. lyeaving the troops whichhad just landed, to pursue the same route tothe Hackensack. Washington, accompanied by325
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