It is true that Newport (K, I.) was taken in the winter of 177(5, Philadelphia in (he fall of 1777, and various important Southern points at later periods. But all these were occupied only by isolated, temporary, or shifting British commands. New York alone, from the beginning to (he end of its possession by the enemy, was held without incidental disturbance on the part of the Americans or incidental loss of essential value to the British through the modifying circumstances of changing events. Hence Kingsbridge was at all times the primal outlying British post. After the retirement of the last detachment of the American army in October, 177(5, and its seizure by the enemy, the place was fortified anew, the chief defensive position on the Westchester sid<> continuing to be the old American Fort Independence on Tetard's Hill. This fortress, although be sieged by Heath in January, 1777, and several times threatened, never yielded to the Revolutionary arms. On the other hand, the British were content to abide at Kingsbridge as their most advanced permanent establishment, never attempting to take a formal stand above as an added feature of their basic position. Their occupation of Westchester County beyond Kingsbridge was only for the minor business of covering that place, controlling the territory to some extent, cutting off occasional American detachments, and furnishing constant adventurous employment for a few bodies of their troops, mostly Loyalist rangers. There was never a second British movement in force through Westchester County, although two expedi-