. The works of Washington Irving. Fort I<ee. Greene and Putnam were over atthe besieged fortress. He threw himself intoa boat, and had partly crossed the river, whenhe met those generals returning. They in-formed him of the garrisons having beenreinforced, and assured him that it was in highspirits, and capable of making a good was with difficulty, however, they couldprevail on him to return with them to theJersey shore, for he was excessively excited. Early the next morning (i6th), Magawmade his dispositions for the expected forces, with the recent addition, amountedt
. The works of Washington Irving. Fort I<ee. Greene and Putnam were over atthe besieged fortress. He threw himself intoa boat, and had partly crossed the river, whenhe met those generals returning. They in-formed him of the garrisons having beenreinforced, and assured him that it was in highspirits, and capable of making a good was with difficulty, however, they couldprevail on him to return with them to theJersey shore, for he was excessively excited. Early the next morning (i6th), Magawmade his dispositions for the expected forces, with the recent addition, amountedto nearly three thousand men. As the fortcould not contain above a third of that number,most of them were stationed about the out-works. Colonel I^ambert Cadwalader, with eighthundred Pennsylvanians, was posted in theouter lines, about two miles and a half southof the fort, the side menaced by Lord Percywith sixteen hundred men. Colonel Rawlings,of Maryland, with a body of troops, many ofthem riflemen, was stationed by a three-gun. Xite ot QQlaebington battery, on a rocky, precipitous hill, north ofthe fort, and between it and Spyt den DuivelCreek. Colonel Baxter, of Bucks County,Pennsylvania, with his regiment of militia,was posted east of the fort, on rough, woodyheights, bordering the Harlem River, to watchthe motions of the enemy, who had thrownup redoubts on high and commanding ground,on the opposite side of the river, apparentlyto cover the crossing and landing of troops. Sir William Howe had planned four simul-taneous attacks; one on the north by Knyp-hausen, who was encamped on the York sideof Kings Bridge, within cannon shot of FortWashington, but separated from it by highand rough hills, covered with almost im-penetrable woods. He was to advance in twocolumns, formed by detachments made fromthe Hessians of his corps, the brigade of Rahl,and the regiment of Waldeckers. The secondattack was to be by two battalions of lightinfantry, and two battalions of guards, underBrig
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