The Monthly military repository . able of a vigorous defence. As foon as the redoubts werecompleated it was determined to attempt the rear of the Ameri-cans, by the New-England road, from which they received the moftof their fupplies On the i8th of O^ober the Britifh troops re-imbarking proceeded along the coaft to PelPs Point, and difem-barked there without difficulty. Soon after they landed a fldrmifnhappened in an attempt to diflodge the Americans from a narrowpafs, at which they had taken pofl with a ftrong corps. The lat-er retired. On the 20th of Oftober the main divifion of the Brit-ifh
The Monthly military repository . able of a vigorous defence. As foon as the redoubts werecompleated it was determined to attempt the rear of the Ameri-cans, by the New-England road, from which they received the moftof their fupplies On the i8th of O^ober the Britifh troops re-imbarking proceeded along the coaft to PelPs Point, and difem-barked there without difficulty. Soon after they landed a fldrmifnhappened in an attempt to diflodge the Americans from a narrowpafs, at which they had taken pofl with a ftrong corps. The lat-er retired. On the 20th of Oftober the main divifion of the Brit-ifh army moved to New Rochelle fituated on the Sound that divi-des Long-Ifland from the continent. There they were joined bythe fecond divifion of foreign troops, from England, under thecommand of general Knyphaufen. i he American army ftretchedalong the ground parallel to that on which the Britifh troops weremarching ; from Kings Bridge on the right, to White Plains onthe left. The two armies vvere feparated by the river Brunx, the. .%//,,U ^y e /m^A- ^nlilill[ilil[illlll/[IMI//||l ,^ ( 1.^ \f^ ^ -^ 1 wffff y:^^ Kn^a^ement on fhe WillTM PLAINS tlw ^S^of Octobej^ lyjff,between the American &r British Forces. MILITARY REPOSITORY. troops advanced to New-York, and in their way fell in with a par-ty of the Americans retreating by the pafs at Blooming Dale. Ali^irmifli enfued, in which the Heffians v^ ere vidorious. About thefame time, another detachment of the Briti(h troops made amovement to the right, in order to attack a body of the Americans,who however retreated to the main body pofted on MorrissHeights. No attempts being made to defend .New-York, it wastaken poffefEon of by the Englifh. They had been a few da^-s inpoiTeflion, when a dreadful fire-broke out and confunied a thoufandi^oufes. After the Americans had evacuated New-York, they retired tothe north end of the ifland on which the city is eredled. On themorning of the i6th of September a detachment was fent outfiom the mai
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