An outpost of light trooi)s was estal)lished near lyiosholu and maintained throughout each year. The force was usually composed of German mounted and foot yagers and a company of chasseurs formed of detachments from the difterent Hessian regiments in New York. - Their camp was on Frederick Van Cortlandt's farm, near his house. ' They made frequent patrols out Mile Square road, over Valentine's Hill and Boar Hill to Phillipse's Mills and back by the Albany post road. Two three-pound Amuitettes were sometimes taken on these rounds.

Another camp of light troops and cavalry was established at the foot of Tetard's Hill, between King's Bridge and the Free Bridge. It was long occupied by Emmerick's chasseurs, formed in 1777, Simcoe's rangers and other Royalist troops. The King's Bridge was made the Barrier, and the old tavern on the north side became the watch-house.

' Between tliis fort and Fort Imlepenelence, on the southerly siile of the Biiiiton roail, and on the Corua farm, stood " Negro Fort," 8o called, it i< said, because garrisoned hy a company of negroes from Virginia. The British kept an outguard there in the winter of 1776-77. Xo trace of it remains, a house now occupying its site.

2 In 1778 five companies of foot and one of mounted yagers, under Lieutenant Colonel Von Wurmli. In 1779 the yagere and Lord Rawdon's <-.)rps.

Captain von Hanger's company of chasseurs, in 1778, consisted of four officers, twelve sub-offlcers, three drummers and one hundred privates selected from the Leib, Erb Prinz, Prinz Carl, Donop, Jlirhack, Trimbach, Losberg, Knyphausen, Woelwarth, Wiessenbach and Sietz Regiments.