8 General Orders, Head-quarters, Harlem-heights, September 29, 1776 ; Proceedings of a General Cowrl-martuA of the Line, held on Qie Heights of Harlem, by order of His Excellency George Washington, Esq., General and Commander-in-chief of the Forces of the United States of America, for the trial of the Captains Wiener and Scott, in Hie service of said States, September 30, 1776 ; Aityutant-general Reed to General BeaU, " Head-quarters, Oct. 5, 1776 ; " the members of the General Courtmartial to Adjutant-general Reed, " Camp near Head-quabters, October "6,1776;" .Memoirs of General Heath, 66.

The atrocities of both Officers and Privates of the American Army and the inadequacy of the punishments, therefor, to which the delinquents were then subjected, may he seen in multitudes of instances, throughout the contemporary publications; but the letter of General Washington, written to the President of the Continental Congress, " Heights of

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

• The apparent inactivity of the two opposing Armies, during several weeks after the occupation of the City of New York, was not understood, even by the Congress, and created some uneasiness; 1 but both were actively employed, the Royal Army in throwing up a line of defences, on the high grounds overlooking the Harlem-plains, from the South, in order to protect the City from an attack from the landside, when the main Army should be put in motion, for other operations; 2 and the American Army in not only throwing up defences on the high grounds overlooking the Harlem-plains, from the North, in order to protect itself from any attack which might be made on it, in that remarkably strong position, 3 but in throwing up defensive works, in its rear and at distant points, in order to guard against any surprise, by the enemy, of either of those points. 4