. The works of Washington Irving. ation of the troopswas delayed by adverse winds. Washington,who was imperfectly informed of affairs in Bos-ton, feared that the movements there might bea feint. Determined to bring things to a crisis,he detached a force to Nooks Hill on Satur-day, the sixteenth, which threw up a breast-work in the night regardless of the cannonadingof the enemy. This commanded Boston Neck,and the south part of the town, and a deserterbrought a false report to the British that a gen-eral assault was intended. The embarkation, so long delayed, beganwith hurry and confusion at fo
. The works of Washington Irving. ation of the troopswas delayed by adverse winds. Washington,who was imperfectly informed of affairs in Bos-ton, feared that the movements there might bea feint. Determined to bring things to a crisis,he detached a force to Nooks Hill on Satur-day, the sixteenth, which threw up a breast-work in the night regardless of the cannonadingof the enemy. This commanded Boston Neck,and the south part of the town, and a deserterbrought a false report to the British that a gen-eral assault was intended. The embarkation, so long delayed, beganwith hurry and confusion at four oclock inthe morning. The harbor of Boston soon pre-sented a striking and tumultuous scene. Therewere seventy-eight ships and transports cast-ing loose for sea, and eleven or twelve thousandmen, soldiers, sailors, and refugees, hurryingto embark ; many, especially of the latter, withtheir families and personal effects. The refu-* Remembrancer, vol. iii., p. 108. British Redoubts on^ Bostons Neck, 1776 Redrawn from an Old Print. \
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