The enemy " took possession of her, in half an hour ; and she, with the other, left " under the like circumstances, will probably prove the most formidable " force they can have, to oppose us, on the river. There was a place of " safety provided for the other galleys, which they might have got into, " as well as McCleave ; but they passed it, in their hurry." {General Washington, through the Adjutant-general, to Governor Trumbull, '■ Headquarters, October 18, 1776.")

1 [Hall's] History of the Oml War in America, i., 187.

For other accounts of this daring feat, in attempting to destroy these ships, and of the subsequent escape of the latter, see General Heath to General Washington, " King's Bridge, 17 August, 1776 ; " General Washington to the President of Congress, "New-York, August 17, 1776 ; " the same to Governor Trumbull, " New York, August 18, 1776;" General Heath to General Washington, " King's Bridge, 18 August, 1776 ;" Examination of Jonathan Woodman and two others, deserters, enclosed by General Mercer to General Washington, "Newark, August 19, 1776 ; " Extract from a letter dated "New York, August 19, 1776," published in Force's American Archives, Fifth Series, i., 1066; General Heath to General Washington, '* King's Bridge, August 20, 1776 ; " Tlie Pennsylvania Evening Post, Vol. II., No. 247, Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 20, 1776; The Pennsylvania Journal,No. 1759, Philadelphia, "Wednesday, August 21, 1776 ; The Connecticut Gazette and Universal Intelligencer, Vol.11., No, U67, New London, Friday, August 23, 1776 ; Memoirs of General Heath, 53-55; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 305; Force's American Archives,Y., i., 983 ; Irviug's Life of George Washington, ii., 306, 307 ; etc,