The British garrison on Montressor's (Randall's) Island, alarn:ed at this, set fire to the buildings and fled to New York. ' A brigade of the enemy moved up to Fort Washington and a detachment was sent for from Rhode Island.

On the 29th a severe snow-storm came on. Gens. Lincoln, Wooster, Scott and Tenbroeck were unanimous that the troops ought to move back where they could be i)rotected from the inclement weather, especially as they had no artillery with which to take the

3 This old Kevolutionary work may still be traced on the hill north, west from the bridge. It is semicircular in form and was laid out by Heath in the fall of ITVr,.

^By Tory accounts the "rebels" went over to Montressor's Island and "burnt Colonel Montressor's house to the ground, and ravaged whatever they could meet with " on this occasion.

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RESiL)£i\CE OF N. P. BAILEY,

FORDHAM-ON-HARLEM. N. Y.

KING'S BRIDGE.

fort, and were opposed to any idea of assault or storm with militia. Accordingly, after dusk, the American ! forces retired northward and eastward in good order to their former stations, and the siege of Fort Indepen- | dence was abandoned. The boldness of these opera- | tions, by raw militia, and for so long a period, in face | of the strong force of British and German veterans in New York, speak volumes for the spirit of our grandsires in their determined contest for independence.

The Massacre of the Stockbkidge Ixoians. -- During the summer of 1778 the British light troops, which were encamped about King's Bridge, had frequent skirmishes with the American light troops on the highways and by-roads of the old Yonkers.