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was a great alarm to the effect that the Rebels were approaching. 

 Firing was heard on Staten Island (of our troops were there: 

 the Hessian Guard Regiment Bienau, the 57th English Regt., the 

 S4th Rooens Corps, and the R. P. Corps.) Immediately a de- 

 tachment of Hesse-Anspachers and English numbering several 

 hundred men, was ordered over there. But no ship could cross 

 on acount of the ice, neither was it strong enough to march across. 



" 15 Jan. Sat. They again attempted to get the detachment 

 across, but it was impossible. In the evening a spy had, to our 

 wonderment, succeeded in stealing over from the State of Jersey 

 and from him we learned that the Rebels had arrived in force, 

 that they had set fire to a Jersey magazine and driven away many 

 cattle ; but as our men had held out well in the redoubts, the 

 enemy had not been able to gain any advantage, but instead had 

 to leave nearly 100 prisoners behind." 



On March i, 1780, von Krafft was promoted to ensign in 

 Lieut. -Col. Hinte's Company, but with the pay of sergeant. 



"In the morning (March 2) we were mustered by an EngHsh- 

 man in the old Eingiessen Church, in which horses or other 

 animals were sometimes kept on the square of Crown (now 

 Liberty) street." [The Dutch Church later became the Post 

 Office, and was demolished for the erection of the building of the 

 Mutual Life Insurance Co.] 



"Tuesday, June 6, 1780. On picket reserve. From this day 

 forth I was on the march to Staten Island and New Jersey, until 

 the 24th inst. 



"At 3 a. m. an unexpected order came for all to march. I 

 took the necessary steps, gave my money and papers in the 

 safe-keeping of Lieutenant Col. Hinte, and at 10 a. m. we — 

 Donop's regiment — set sail on schooners and shluppen (sloops.) 

 Towards evening we landed on Staten Island. Our regiment 

 encamped around a church-yard and that night I slept on a grave- 

 mound. 



" On June 7, Before day-break the whole army, English and 

 Hessians, marched past us. We followed them to protect the 



