Footnotes:
[1]A British brigade was sent down to the city in the course of the evening.
[2]A contraction of Throgmorton's Neck. As this was an island at high tide, the Americans quickly barred the passage to the mainland by breaking down the bridge.
[3]On account of the want of wagons this was very slowly done, as the wagons had to be unloaded and sent back for what could not be brought along with the troops.
[4]This rested on Chatterton's Hill, some distance in front of the main line. Not having intrenched, the defenders were overpowered, though not until after making a sharp fight.
[5]An excellent account of the operations at Fort Washington will be found in Graydon's Memoirs, p. 197 et seq.
[6]Lieut. Martin Hunter, of the Fifty-second Foot.