With the exception of a single man, who " was prevailed upon to tread out the blaze and col- " lect the shot," " all the Artillery-men fled," leaving Colonel Haslet and the field-piece entirely unsupported ; but it appears that some of these later fugitives returned ; made a couple of discharges on the enemy ; and then retired, " with the field-piece," not to be seen again, until after they were securely quarof each of which his father's Company of Artillery and his father were, invariably, the principal subjects.

Such a speculation would require little reflection, in order to show its improbability to any one ; but Lossing, [Field-book of the Revolution, original edition, ii., 822;) Irving,* (Ufe of George Washington, ii., 392 ;) and others having followed that leader, and repeated his errors. Bui General Howe's despatch to Lord George Gerniaine left no room for doubting, and clearly indicated that the troops forded the stream ; Sau thicr's Plan of the Operations, etc., (the BritiBh official Map,) clearly in dicatedthat the Royal troops crossed the river at " Tho Ford," designated on the Map ; The Plan of Hie Country from Frog's Point to Cioton River, (General Washington'sMap,) did the same, also designating the "Ford ;" The Annual Register for 1770, (History of Europe, 178,*) clearly understood the river was forded ; Stedman, in his History of the American War, (i., 214,) said, " A part of our left wing passed the ford, which was "entirely under command of our cannon;" Sergeant Lamb, of the Welsh Fusileers, in his Journal of Occurrences during the late American War, (page 126,) said the entire assaulting party, whom he described, in detail, " marched down and crossed the ford; " Doctor Andrews, in his History of the War, (ii., 245,) stated the assaulting party •• marched down " to the ford, and crossed it ; " General Heath, an eye-witness of Ihe movement, stated, in his Memoirs, (page 78,) that "a part of the left col- "umn, composed of British and Hessians, forded the river," etc. ; Chief-justice Marshall, in his Life of George Washington, (ii., 504,) with General Washington's papers before him, clearly knew nothing of any bridge, constructed by the Royal Army ; and Doctor Sparks, also with the papers of General Washington before him, in his Life of George Washington, (page 196,) after having described all the troops who had been ordered to make the assault, said, "they forded the Bronx, and " formed in good order on tho other side ; " and we prefer to follow our own convictionB, that no bridge was constructed by the Royal Army, on that occasion, especially since those well-considered convictions are so amply sustained by such unquestionable authorities.