The latter was discharged in the space of one minute and a half. Dried provisions, &c.

(Colonel Gansevoort's Journal notes the proceedings of this day as follows : " Passed the swamp so much dreaded from its " badness, without any difficulty and arrived at the forks of New- " town, where Capt. Reed with a detachment of 200 men had thrown " up a breastwork to guard some stores and cattle brought forward " from Tioga for the army in case of necessity. Saluted by 13

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'* rounds of cannon from the breast-work, which number we re- " turned from our artillery."^) Fort Reed was on the west side of the Newtown creek and on the north bank of the Tioga, where the creek falls into the river. It was a breast-work and was surrounded by palisades including some three or four acres. The western line of palisades can be traced on the west side of the junction canal and on the east side of Water st., a little south of the Fair grounds. The Journal continues.

25. -- All the loaded muskets in the army were discharged at 5 A. M. The army was drawn up in one line and fired three rounds per man. After the discharge of 13 cannon, for our new ally the King of Spain, several oxen were killed for the officers and men.

(Col. Gansevoort's Journal thus describes this atTair : "25. -- " This morning the small arms of the whole army were discharged " at 5 o'clock. The Vv'hole were drawn up in one line, with a field " piece on the right of each brigade, to fire a fen de joie -- ist. thir- " teen rounds of cannon ; 2d, a running fire of musketry, from right " to left -- repeated twice.