"The British who were iu possession of Stony Point, and whose shipping lay m the bay of Haverstraw, resolved upon landing a portion of their men on Yerplanck's Point, a ad from thence make a descent upon Peekskill. Their object in this expedition was to procure fresh provisions and to awake the energies of the Americans who were encamped in the village and in various places among the hills in the vicinity. In accordance with this resolve they effected a landing and proceeded without opposition to Drum Hill, an eminence that overlooks the village near its southern boundry. Here they commenced cannonading with two small field pieces which they had brought with them, while their light troops entered the village by another road higher Up the river. The Americans unprepared, and withal too weak to resist so formidable a foe, were obliged after a short resistance to fly to the interrior. Their enemies from the commanding points which they occupied, kept up a constant firing upon them as they sought the various avenues of retreat. It was at this period that a soldier in his flight stopped for a monent to refresh himself at the spring. While on his hands and knees in the act of drinking, a ball which struck ou au eminence above him, glanced obliquely, and descending the road with rapid bounds, finished its course by shattering the thigh of the exhausted soldier, and burying itself iu the ground beyond. Unable to move, he lay bleeding and in agony, until a wagon filled with provisions hastily collected by a bold and resolute man ere they left the scene of commotion, passing by, he was perceived by those who followed after, who immediately picked him up and placed him thereon. They conveyed him as far as Fishkill village, nineteen miles distant ; but loss of blood and the fatigue of his journey, prostrated the powers of nature, and though he received surgical aid, survived but a few hours."0