. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . from the fort took off his arm, fromwhich wound he died. He described the place so closelythat his sister afterward found his glass in a bunch ofbriers, where he had thrown it. The British account of the affair reads thus: Three large ships, five armed brigs and other vesselsappeared in Huntington Harbor and landed 450 men,mostly French, on the back of Lloyds Neck, two miles 482 HISTORY OF QUEENS COUNTY. from the fort. At 11 oclock they formed in front of thefort, at a distan
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . from the fort took off his arm, fromwhich wound he died. He described the place so closelythat his sister afterward found his glass in a bunch ofbriers, where he had thrown it. The British account of the affair reads thus: Three large ships, five armed brigs and other vesselsappeared in Huntington Harbor and landed 450 men,mostly French, on the back of Lloyds Neck, two miles 482 HISTORY OF QUEENS COUNTY. from the fort. At 11 oclock they formed in front of thefort, at a distance of 400 yards, in open view. The fortfired grape shot from two 12-poiinders, when the Frenchsuddenly retreated, leaving on the ground a number ofsurgeons implements, lint, bandages, etc. The grass wasbesmeared with blood. William Ludlam, residing on Hog Island, in the housenow occupied by Henry Ludlam, saw the skirmish andgave the foregoing recital of it to Henry Onderdonk jr.,who accompanied it in his Annals of the Revolution (page 222) with a plan, which he permits us to reproduceherewith. LONG ISLAND SOUND. 4. o Oyster Bay O ColdSprmg. Explanation of the Map and Position of William Ludlam when lie saw the Fort Franklin, designed to protect the Place where the French landed. d. A long- narrow beach overwhicli Ludlam saw the action between the vessels at h. e. A brig- of 8 or 10 guns under protection of the fort. /. A large sloot5 attacking the fort on the west side, the fort bringing one gun to bear on Place where the Britisli armed schooner landed l^er guns, and inount- edtheni in battery on shore, and so beat off a40-gi:nship that came to the A 40-gun ship attacking the British vessels, wheh are tryins to keep out of her way. In July 1782 another call for recruits to the kingsAmerican dragoons was made, offering ten guineas tovolunteers, five to any one who brought a recruit, andfive to the recruit. For convenience of t
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