In the face of this terrible storm the Americans made their way, by force of bayonet, to the centre of the works. Wayne was struck upon the head by a musket ball that brought him upon his knees. " March on! " he cried. "Carry me into the fort, for I will die at the head of my column ! " The wound was not very scyere, and in an hour he had sufficiently recovered to write the following note to Washington : --

" Stoiuj Point, 16th Jul//, 1779, 2 o'cIocJc, a.m. "Dear Genekal, -- The fort and garrison, with Colonel Johnston, arc ours. Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be

free.

" Yours most respectfully,

*' Akthony Wayne."

At dawn the next morning the cannon of the captured fort were again turned upon Port Fayette on Yerplanck's Point, then occupied by the British under Colonel Webster. A desultory cannonading was kept up during the day. Sir Henry Clinton sent relief to Webster, and the Americans ceased further attempts to recapture the fortress. They could not even retain Stony Point, their numbers were so few. Washington ordered them to remove the ordnance and stores, and destroy and abandon the works. A large portion of the heavy ordnance was placed upon a galley to be conveyed to West Point. It was sunk by a shot from the Vulture, off Bonder Berg Point, and one of the cannon, as we have observed, raised a few years ago by accident, was supposed to have been brought up from the wreck of the ship of the famous Captain Kidd. Congress testified its gratitude to Wayne for his services by a vote of thanks for his " brave, prudent, and soldierly conduct," and also ordered a gold medal, emblematic of the event, to be struck and presented to him.