On the 9th of December he was ordered to join the army in Xew Jersey with a portion of his troops, and went as far as Hackensack, but he was soon sent back, arriving in Peekskill on the 23d. The winter passed without any British movement being- attempted against him-- on the contrary he took the aggressive and boldly assailed the enemy at Kingsbridge in a siege of old Fort Independence and its supporting works which lasted twelve days. On the night of the 17th of January he moved down in three divisions-- the right under General Lincoln from Tarivtown, the center under General Scott from below White Plains, and the left under Generals Wooster and Parsons from New Rochelle and Eastchester. The attacks on the outposts were so successful that a report (which Washington prematurely communicated to congress) gained currency that the fort had surrendered. The reundertaking "was very well conducted from first to last, and flected high credit on General Heath. By the ruse of lighting numerto made were ous campfires along the Morrisauia shore the British believe that a formidable American force was collecting with the intent of proceeding against Xew York City by way of Harlem; and buildings on Montressor's (Randall's) in alarm they burned the Island, and abandoned that place. The operations involved but slight losses, which wore abundantly compensated for by the actual damage done the enemy and by the excellent moral effect of so bold an enterprise as a sequence to the transactions of the main army in Xew Jersey. After Washington's magnificent return movement from across the Delaware, resulting in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, he went into winter quarters at Morristown (X. J.), and the British also brought the campaign to a close. General Howe, who had expected to make a triumphal march to Philadelphia, returned to Xew York City, where he set up a gay and glittering court, of which the Tory