When the enemy had effected a landing, on the Neck, in the morning, his advance pushed forward, towards the causeway, for the purpose of occupying that line of communication with the mainland; but the detachment whom Colonel Hand had sent for the protection of it, had taken up the flooring of the bridge, agreeably to the General's orders ; and it also opened a fire on the enemy, with its rifles, compelling him to fall back to the main body. A similar movement of the enemy against the fording-place, at the head of the creek, met with a similar repulse ; and no further movements, toward the mainland, appear to have been made; and, by way of precaution, abreastwork was thrown up, on the Neck, by the Royal troops, to cover the approach, by way of the causeway. 3

1 We are indebted to our friend, Edward F. de Lancey, Esq., of Mamaroneck, for the following account of that old Mill :

" The Mill and dam, at WestcheBter, were huilt by Colonel Caleb " Heathcote, the first Mayor of the Borough-Town of Westchester, at his "own expense. It stood till February, 1875, when it was accidentally "burnt. The outside had boen renewed, from time to time; but the frame " was the original one, of massive hewn timber ; and at the time of its " destruction, it was the oldest Mill, in Westchester-county, and, probably, " in the State.

" By the original Grant to Colonel Heathcote, the inhabitants reserved " the right to have their own grain ground, free. This was afterwards "commuted to a toll, payable to the present 'town' of Westchester, "which the Town enjoyed, as a source of revenue, till the Mill was burnt ; " and the right to which it still retains, if the Mill Bhall be rebuilt."