The literary diary of Ezra Stiles, edunder the authority of the corporation of Yale university . counted 190 wounded of the Enemyin one barn, & no in another, so 300 wounded, and this not the whole we fought well in this action. Extract Letter dated Harlem seven miles from N. York , 1776. Yesterday was an unlucky day for us. The Enemy landedabout ten oClock at Turtle bay below Hellgate, under cover ofmany Ships of War. The Brigade under Gen. Parsons were soonobliged to retire from the Waterside, & give ground for the Enemyto land. Gen. Mifflin immediately marched from Mount Washi
The literary diary of Ezra Stiles, edunder the authority of the corporation of Yale university . counted 190 wounded of the Enemyin one barn, & no in another, so 300 wounded, and this not the whole we fought well in this action. Extract Letter dated Harlem seven miles from N. York , 1776. Yesterday was an unlucky day for us. The Enemy landedabout ten oClock at Turtle bay below Hellgate, under cover ofmany Ships of War. The Brigade under Gen. Parsons were soonobliged to retire from the Waterside, & give ground for the Enemyto land. Gen. Mifflin immediately marched from Mount Washing-ton with a thousd men, to the ground near & below this place;where he made a stand, threw up some Works, rallied our retreatingTroops, & in an hour after had the principal part of our Army John Sloss Hobart (Yale 1757), son of the Rev. Noah Hobart, of Fairfield. OCTOBER l8, 1776 65 (who were stationed below us) drawn up in good order on theheights. Generals Putnam & Scott were in N York, but madetheir Way thro the Enemys Line with all their Men & the Guards 0 -P^. rff t II il /7&ylJ^ Explanation (by Dr. Stiles) OF Diagram. A. The North side of a Hollow way where the Action began. B. Fence, behind which the Enemy rallied the first time. C. Fence, from whence our People attacked the Enemy at B, 150 yards apart. D. No Field pieces, but Virginia detachment, which enfiladed the Enemy. E. Buckwheat field, where the Enemy rallied a second time, & an Actionensued for i)4 hour when the Enemy fled, and attempting to rally in an Or-chard at F. were so closely pursued, that they stood but a few minutes, when the Routbecame general. 66 ? DIARY OF EZRA STILES of the City.—Three days since it was resolved to quit the Town, &we have been removing ever since. We have taken almost every-thing out of the City, but lost some Canon & Stores. New Yorknever was tenable, & the holding of it obliged us to divide our Armyinto many weak parts. On the night of 20 Sept. the City of New York was
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