From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. General Putnam, in an official letter from the camp at Reading, gives the following account of this expedition:—”A detachment from the enemy at King’s Bridge, consisting of the 17th, 44th, and 67th British regiments, one of the Hessians, and two of new levies, marched from their lines for Horse Neck, on the evening of the 25th ultimo, with an intention of surprising the troops at that place, and destroying the salt works. “A captain and thirty men were sent from our advanced lines from Horse Neck, who discovered the enemy at New Rochelle, in advance. They retired before them undiscovered, as far as Eye … Continue reading
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