CHAPTER XXX.

Putnam’s Military Projects—Chevaux-de-frise at Fort Washington—Meditated Attack on Staten Island—Arrival of Ships—Hessian Reinforcements—Scotch Highlanders—Sir Henry Clinton and Lord Cornwallis—Putnam’s Obstructions of the Hudson—The Phœnix and Rose Attacked by Row Galleys at Tarrytown—General Order of Washington on the subject of Sectional Jealousies—Profane Swearing prohibited in the Camp—Preparations against Attack—Levies of Yeomanry—George Clinton in Command of the Levies along the Hudson—Alarms of the People of New York—Benevolent Sympathy of Washington—The Phœnix Grappled by a Fire-Ship—The Ships Evacuate the Hudson 279

The Battle of Long Island 291

The Retreat from Long Island 310