Identifier: historicalcoll00barb (find matches)
Title: Historical collections of the state of New Jersey : containing a general collection of the most interesting facts, traditions, biographical sketches, anecdotes, etc., relating to its history and antiquities, with geographical descriptions of every township in the state. Illustrated by 120 engravings
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885 Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
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Publisher: Newark, N.J. : B. Olds, for J.H. Bradley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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s a foraging party. As therewas nothing unusual in this movement, it excited no suspicion. Lord Stirling followedwith 500 men, and encamped at the new bridge. Maj. Lee, at the head of 300 men, took the road through the mountains, which ranparallel to the North river; and, having secured all the passes into York island, reachedthe creek which surrounds the Hook, between two and three in the morning. He passedfirst the creek, and then the ditch, undiscovered, and about three in the morning en-tered the main work; and, with the loss of only two killed and three wounded, made159 prisoners, including three officers. Very few of the British were killed. Maj. Suth-erland, who commanded the garrison, threw himself, with 40 or 50 Hessians, into astrong redoubt, which it was thought unadvisable to attack, because the time occupiedin carrying it might endanger the retreat. Wasting no time in destroying what couldeasily be replaced, Maj. Lee hastened to bring off his prisoners and his detachment.
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HUDSON COUNTY. 233 To avoid the danger of retreating up the narrow neck of land which has already beendescribed, some boats had been brought, in the course of the night, to Dows Ferry, onthe Hackensack, not far from Powles Hook. The officer who guarded them was direct-ed to remain until the arrival of the troops engaged in the expedition, which, it was un-derstood, would happen before day. The light having made its appearance without anyintelligence from Maj. Lee, the officer having charge of the boats conjectured that theattack had been postponed ; and, to avoid discovery, retired with them to Newark. Thehead of the retreating column soon afterward reached the ferry; and, fatigued as theywere by the toilsome march of the preceding night, were compelled to pass as rapidly aspossible up the narrow neck of land, between the two rivers, to the new bridge. Ahorseman was dispatched, with this information, to Lord Stirling, and the line of marchwas resumed. About nine in the preceding eveni

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