Essentials of United States history . nd troops, > It is related that when the Americans began the movement acrossthe East River to Manhattan, a Torys wife sent her slave to notify theBritish. He was arrested by a Hessian sentinel, who could not under-stand a word of English, and kept in the guard-house until he was examined by a British officer who, on hearing his story, atonce dispatched a few of the guard to learn the facts. The last boats ofthe Americans were just gaining the New York shor«. 132 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY and General Charles Lee was in command of a
Essentials of United States history . nd troops, > It is related that when the Americans began the movement acrossthe East River to Manhattan, a Torys wife sent her slave to notify theBritish. He was arrested by a Hessian sentinel, who could not under-stand a word of English, and kept in the guard-house until he was examined by a British officer who, on hearing his story, atonce dispatched a few of the guard to learn the facts. The last boats ofthe Americans were just gaining the New York shor«. 132 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY and General Charles Lee was in command of about asmany at North Castle, on tlie east side of the river.^Washington saw that Howewas planning an expeditionagainst Philadelphia, and hedetermined to direct his marchthrough New Jersey and inter-cept the enemy. He orderedLee to cross the river with hisfull force and join him, Leecrossed to Morristown andhalted. He was cap-tured there, in thenight, at a tavernoutside of his armylines, and taken toNew York. It wasafterwards learned. The Campaigns in New York and New Jersey. that he gave to General Howe important information as toWashington and the American army. Sullivan was placed in 1 Charles Lee was a British adventurer. He had lieen in the Britisharmy, but had come to America and entered Washingtons had obtained the rank of major-general. While serving under Wash-ington he wrote letters lull of prejudice against him. He was in no wayconnected with theLees of Virgmia. THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1776-1777) 133 command of Lees forces, and he promptly- marched onwardand joined Washington. He arrived none too soon. 144. Washington crosses the Delaware. — The momenthad come for Washington to make a bold stroke. On Christ-mas night, 1776, with about twenty-five hundred men, hecrossed the Delaware, which was full of floating ice. Gen-eral Rodney wrote, it was as severe a night as I eversaw. The frost was sharp, the current difficult to stem, theice increasing, th
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