. Washington and his country, being Irving's life of Washington, abridged for the use of schools; with introduction and continuation, giving a brief outline of United States history from the discovery of America to the end of the civil war . river with an easy south-ern breeze. At their approach, the galleys and the two ships in-tended to be sunk got under way with all haste, as did a schoonerladen with rum, sugar, and other supplies for the American army,and the sloop with Bushnells submarine machine. The Roebuck, Phoinix, and Tartar broke through the vauntedbarriers as through a cobweb, and
. Washington and his country, being Irving's life of Washington, abridged for the use of schools; with introduction and continuation, giving a brief outline of United States history from the discovery of America to the end of the civil war . river with an easy south-ern breeze. At their approach, the galleys and the two ships in-tended to be sunk got under way with all haste, as did a schoonerladen with rum, sugar, and other supplies for the American army,and the sloop with Bushnells submarine machine. The Roebuck, Phoinix, and Tartar broke through the vauntedbarriers as through a cobweb, and kept on their course, the Amer-ican vessels scudding before them. The schooner was overhauledand captured; a well-aimed shot sent the sloop and Bushnellssubmarine engine to the bottom of the river. The British hadattained their object, which was to satisfy themselves that theHudson was passable for their ships and transports, so that troopsmight be landed, if need be, above Fort Washington. Having ascertained this point, Howe left Lord Percy in com-mand at New York, and took a considerable part of his army upthe East river to Throgs Neck, with the view of getting into therear of the American army, cutting off its supplies, which were. aagj M ->• NEW YORK &VIGINITY ;- To face page 227. FIRST GREAT DEFENSIVE CAMPAIGN. 227 chiefly derived from the East, and interrupting its communicationwith the main country. Throgs Neck is a peninsula in West-chester County, stretching upwards of two miles into the was separated from the mainland by a narrow creek and amarsh, and was surrounded by water every high tide. A bridgeacross a creek, connecting with a ruined causeway across themarsh, led to the mainland, and the upper end of the creek wasfordable at low water. Early in the morning of October 12, eighty orninety boats full of men had passed up the Sound and landed troopsto the number of four thousand on Throgs Point, the extremity ofthe Neck. Thence their advance p
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