On the morning of the fourteenth of October, General Heath, with all the Generals under his command, reconnoitred the enemy, on Throgg's-neck; 2 and, soon afterwards, General Washington, accompanied by the Generals of the Army who were at Head-quarters, also visited all the posts, beyond Kingsbridge, and the several passes and roadways which led from Throgg's-neck and from the adjacent Necks, into the country, 8 acquainting himself, as far as he could do so, by personal reconnaissance, with the strength and position and purposes of the enemy ; with the character and condition of the outlets, from Throgg's-neck and from the other similar, but lesser, Necks, in that vicinity, from which the enemy might incline to move into the interior of the County; with the capabilities, for defensive purposes, which those outlets severally possessed ; and with the necessities, for military purposes, which each of these several subjects presented, for his attention.

During the same day, [October 14,] General Lee reached Head-quarters, on his return from the South ; and the command of all the troops in Westchestercounty, then the greater portion of the Army, was given to him, with the request, however, that he would not assume the command until he should have made himself acquainted with the different portions of the post, their circumstances, and the arrangements of the troops which had been made ; * and, in

> General Ordera, " Hiad-quarteuS) Haklem Heights, October IS " 1776."

2 Memoirs of General Heath, 71.

s Colonel Harrison to the Congress, " Head-q.uabtf.es, Harlem Heights, " October 14, 1776 ; " the tame to Peter S. Livingston, " Head-quarters, " Harlem Heights, October 14, 1776 : " Memoirs of General Heath, 71.