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.

During the afternoon of the same day, [^October 12, 1776,] the second detachment of the Royal Army passed Hell-gate, in forty-two sail of vessels, including nine ships ; and it was, also, safely landed.'

The naval portion of that very important movement was performed under the personal supervision of Admiral Lord Howe, assisted by Commodore Hotham ; and the assistance of most of the Captains of the Fleet and that of the naval officers, in general, which were freely given, secured, for that difficult movement, the most complete success, the only loss sustained having been that of an artillery-boat, with three six-pounders and three men, which was upset and sunk by the rapidity of the current,* probably in Hell-gate.