Identifier: washingtonhiscou00irvi (find matches)
Title: 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
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859 Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799 United States -- History
Publisher: Boston, Ginn & Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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possible for Magaw to get his troops to man thelines; he was compelled, therefore, to yield himself and his garri-son prisoners of war. The only terms granted them were, that themen should retain their baggage and the ofificers their swords. The sight of the American flag hauled down, and the Britishflag waving in its place, told Washington of the surrender. Retreat through New Jersey. — With the capture of FortWashington, the project of obstructing the navigation of the Hud-son, at that point, Avas at an end. Fort Lee, consequently, be-came useless, and Washington ordered all the ammunition andstores to be removed, preparatory to its abandonment. This waspartially effected when, early in the morning of the 20th, intelh-gence was brought that the enemy, with two hundred boats, hadcrossed the river and landed a few miles above. General Greeneimmediately ordered the garrison under arms, sent out troops tohold the enemy in check, and dispatched an express to Washing-ton at Hackensack.
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To face page 247, FIRST GREAT DEFENSIVE CAMPAIGN. 247 The enemy — six thousand strong — had crossed the Hudson,on a very rainy night, under the command of Lord CornwaUis, andlanded at a place called Closter Dock, five or six miles above FortLee, and under that line of lofty and perpendicular cliffs knownas the Palisades. Washington arrived at the fort in three-quarters of an hour.Being told that the enemy were extending themselves across thecountry, he at once saw that they intended to form a line from theHudson to the Hackensack, and hem the whole garrison in be-tween the two rivers. Nothing would save it but a prompt retreatto secure the bridge over the Hackensack. No time was to belost. The troops sent out to check the enemy were recalled. Theretreat commenced in all haste. There was a want of horses andwagons; a great quantity of baggage, stores, and provisions, there-fore, was abandoned. So was all the artillery excepting twotwelve-pounders. Even the tents were left standing,

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