. The works of Washington Irving. were without intrenching tools, in a flatcountry, where there were no natural resolved, therefore, to avoid anyattack from the enemy, though, by so doing,he must leave a fine and fertile region open totheir ravages ; or a plentiful storehouse, fromwhich they would draw voluntary second move was necessary, again to avoidthe danger of being inclosed between two three regiments, therefore, to guardthe passes of the Hackensack, and serve ascovering parties, he again decamped, and threwhimself on the west bank
. The works of Washington Irving. were without intrenching tools, in a flatcountry, where there were no natural resolved, therefore, to avoid anyattack from the enemy, though, by so doing,he must leave a fine and fertile region open totheir ravages ; or a plentiful storehouse, fromwhich they would draw voluntary second move was necessary, again to avoidthe danger of being inclosed between two three regiments, therefore, to guardthe passes of the Hackensack, and serve ascovering parties, he again decamped, and threwhimself on the west bank of the Passaic,,in theneighborhood of Newark. His army, small as it was, would soon beless. The term of enlistment of those underGeneral Mercer, from the flying camp, wasnearly expired ; and it was not probable that,disheartened as they were by defeats and losses,exposed to inclement weather, and unaccus-tomed to military hardships, they would longerforego the comforts of their homes, to drag outthe residue of a ruinous ^^rx ^ ?? The Hackensack River near Little Ferry Redrawn from an Old French Print
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