5 In this instance, General Washington was mistaken, since the " ships "suffered much, in their masts and rigging ; " and Captain Parker subsequently reported that the Phomix lost a Midshipman, two Seamen, and one Servant, killed, and a Boatswain, a Carpenter, eight Seamen, a Servant, a negro Mari, and a private Marine, wounded ; that the Roebuck lost a Lieutenant, a Midshipman, and two Seamen, killed, and a Midshipman, two Seamen, and a Corporal of Marines, wounded ; and that the Tartar lost a Midshipman, killed, and a Lieutenant of Marines wounded. -- (Report of the Killed and Wounded on board EU Majesty's Ships passing the Batteries, the 9(4 of October, 1776.)

See, also, Admiral Lord Howe's despatch to the Secretary of the Admiralty, "Eaole off New-York, November 23, 1776."

6 General Washing/on to the Congress, " Heights of Harlem, 7 Octo- "ber, 1776," postscript, dated "October 9th ; " Lieutenant-colonel Tench TUghman to tlw Committee of Safety, " Head-quarters, Harlem-Heibhts, "9 Octr, 1776 ;" General George Clinton to the Convention, " Kisg's Brldob, " 10 October, 1776 ; " The New-York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury, No.

WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

It would not have been very apparent how these vessels could have passed such seemingly formidable obstructions, "without the least difficulty," nor for what especial reason General Washington was •' sur- " prised and mortified," when such a passage had been successfully acomplished, had not General George Clinton, who commanded the Militia of the State who had been called out for the reinforcement of the Continental Army, at Kingsbridge, informed the Convention that the ships had " passed by, in shore, " East of our obstructions in the river" '--that the deep waters of the river, in shore, immediately around the point which juts into the river, at that place, had been left entirely unprotected -- a fact which reflects very little credit on the skill orthe forethought of either the Engineer or those who were employed in building the obstructions, especially since the Phmnix and the Rose and their respective tenders had passed the same obstructions, in the same way, on the eighteenth of August, after the galleys and the fireships had rendered their longer stay, in the waters of the Hudson-river, both unprofitable and hazardous. 2