Stcpliens, Secretarijof the Admiralty, " Eagle, "off New-York, November 23, 1776;" General Howe to Lord George Germaine, "New-York, November 30, 1776;" General 'Washiitgton to General Heath, " Headquarters, October 12,1776 ;"' the same to the Congress, "Heights OF Haerlem, 12 October, 1776," postscript dated, "Oc- " tober 13th ; " Diary of David Htm, October 12, 1776 ; General Wathington to Governor Cooke, "Headquarters, Harlem Heights, October 12, " 1776;" postscript dated " October I3th ; " CJolonel SmalUcood to the Maryland Convention, "Camp OF THE JIaryland Regulars, Head-quae- " TERS, October 12, 1776 ; " Extract of a letter from Harlem, in The Pennsylvania Evening Post, Voluni" 2, Number 271, Philadelphia, Tuesday, October 15, 1776 ; the same, in The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1767, Philadelphia, Wednesday, October 16, 1776 ; [Hall's] History of the Civil War in America, i., 203; Stedman's History of the Amei ican War. i., 210 ; Gordon's Histwy of lite American ItevoUUion, ii., 336 ; Memoir of General Heath, 70 ; etc.

6 Admiral Lord Howe to Mr. Stephens. Secretary to the Admiralty, " Ea- '■ gle, off New-York, November 23, 1776;" General Howe to Lord George G«rrmaiHe, " New YoRK, 30 November, 1776 ;" [Hall's] History of the Civil War in America, i., 203.

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by lladame Jumel,' commanded a fine view of the East-river and Sound; and because the intelligence of the movement which he first received, was conveyed to him, by express, from General Heath, after the landing had been made,* it may be reasonably supposed that the movement of the Royal Army, into Westchester-county, was unknown to him, until after it had been accomi)lished ; that the left flank of the American Army had been successfully turned, a second time, without his knowledge ; and that the latter was placed, again, by reason of that successful movement of the enemy, in such a critical situation that its very existence was threatened -- it is noteworthy, also, that if a dense log had served to secure the escape of the American Army from what appeared to have threatened its entire destruction, at Brooklyn, a similarly dense fog, on the occasion now under notice, had afforded a similar advantage to the Royal Army, in its effort to recover the great military advantages which it had lost, on the former occasion.