. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation. inforce theforts. Colonel Putnams elaborateobstruction had been proved vulner-able, for on the morning of October9th the British men-of-war Roebuck,Phoenix and Tartar, with all sail setto a fresh south wind, got under wayfrom their anchorage in the lowerriver, and swept through the obstruc-tions in gallant style, notwithstand-ing bombardment from the two shoredefenses. Later, on the night ofNovember 14th, a fleet of the enemysflat boats passed in spite of theobstructi
. The Palisades of the Hudson : their formation, tradition, romance, historical associations, natural wonders and preservation. inforce theforts. Colonel Putnams elaborateobstruction had been proved vulner-able, for on the morning of October9th the British men-of-war Roebuck,Phoenix and Tartar, with all sail setto a fresh south wind, got under wayfrom their anchorage in the lowerriver, and swept through the obstruc-tions in gallant style, notwithstand-ing bombardment from the two shoredefenses. Later, on the night ofNovember 14th, a fleet of the enemysflat boats passed in spite of theobstructions, and proceeded into the Harlem River. The Commander-in-Chief, therefore, ordered GeneralGreene to evacuate Fort Washington, and withdraw from FortLee. The orders were of a somewhat discretionary nature, how-ever. Greene and Putnam were both sanguine of their abilityto hold the forts successfully and decided to remain. Congress,then sitting at Fishkill, and fearful of an invasion of the Hud-son Valley, further complicated matters by transmitting in-structions not to evacuate the forts except in case of Picturesque Foreground of DenseFoliage and High Rocks. 18 The Palisades of the Hudson WASHINGTON AT FORT LEE.
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