. 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 . ^«c\^ ■■■■- \ ^J/Benmngtim fAIbaiiy- w buf^gdynes QAMPA^GN. m Esopus or ^ Kingston. West^oint <Pee7cs7cUl To face page 281. THE NORTHERN INVASION. 281 lake, by Colonel Long with six hundred men; two hundred ofwhom in five armed galleys were to form a rear-guard. It was now three oclock in the afternoon; yet all the prepa-rations were to be made for the
. 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 . ^«c\^ ■■■■- \ ^J/Benmngtim fAIbaiiy- w buf^gdynes QAMPA^GN. m Esopus or ^ Kingston. West^oint <Pee7cs7cUl To face page 281. THE NORTHERN INVASION. 281 lake, by Colonel Long with six hundred men; two hundred ofwhom in five armed galleys were to form a rear-guard. It was now three oclock in the afternoon; yet all the prepa-rations were to be made for the coming night, and that with aslittle bustle and movement as possible; for they were overlookedby Fort Defiance, and their intentions might be suspected. Every-thing was done quietly, but alertly; in the meantime, to amuse theenemy, a cannonade was kept up every half hour toward the newbattery on the hill. As soon as the evening closed, and theirmovements could not be discovered, they began in all haste toload the boats. Such of the cannon as could not be taken wereordered to be spiked. In the hurry several were left lights in the garrison being previously extinguished, theirtents were struck and put on board of
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