. The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the revolutionary war . entry fired, and thus gave the alarm,but the under-officer in command of the block-housesurrendered with ten or fifteen men. Lee next sur-prised and took possession of the principal redoubt,and the whole of Paulus Hook seemed his. Fortu-nately for themselves, however, some twenty-five Hes-sians had their wits about them. They threw them-selves into a small redoubt, where they were joinedby their captain and by Major Sutherland, command-ing the post, and refused to yield. Lee, who had notknown that any H
. The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the revolutionary war . entry fired, and thus gave the alarm,but the under-officer in command of the block-housesurrendered with ten or fifteen men. Lee next sur-prised and took possession of the principal redoubt,and the whole of Paulus Hook seemed his. Fortu-nately for themselves, however, some twenty-five Hes-sians had their wits about them. They threw them-selves into a small redoubt, where they were joinedby their captain and by Major Sutherland, command-ing the post, and refused to yield. Lee, who had notknown that any Hessians were in the fort, and whoprobably overrated their numbers, made off beforemorning without even spiking the cannon or destroy-ing the war material. He took with him about onehundred and fifty prisoners. Lee had received ordersnot to attempt to hold the place, and a rapid retreatwas necessary to prevent his being cut off; but thetwenty-five Hessians, by their gallant conduct, hadprobably prevented the capture or destruction of thestores and buildings in the fort, and had certainly. PAULUS HOOK.—(from THE LIBRARY AT CASSEL.) PLAN of the surprise of an English post at Paulus Hook, in the Province ofJersey, at half-past two in the night of the iSth-igth of October, 1779. A. Approach and position of the rebels on the heights of Bergen, to cover the retreat. B. Attack on the bridge and the blockhouses i, 2, and 3, and on the fort C, which mounted seven 6-pounders. These did not succeed infiring. D. Barracks in which the English garrison, one hundred and ten strong, were taken prisoners. E. Work which a Hessian captain and one officer with twenty-five men occupied ; whereupon the rebels retired at daybreak, with their pris-oners. SciU of Soo Paces. THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF NEW YORK. 229 saved their side from the appearance of a completeand shameful disaster.* * Marshall, vol. iv. pp. 87-92; Washington, vol. vi. pp. 317, 326, 332,333, 336, 376; Bancroft, vol. x. p. 229; Ewalds Bele
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