236 THE SERVICES OF LIEUT.-COLONEL FRANCIS DOWNMAN, R.A. 
June 17th , 1778 .—The chief part of the artillery stores, provisions, 
and baggage having been previously transported across the Delaware 
to Cooper’s Ferry on the Jersey shore, and put under the protection 
of Brigadier-General Leslie’s corps (consisting of the following regi¬ 
ments which had been detached some time before for the purpose of 
covering the wood cutters) viz., the 7th, 26th, 46th, 55th and 63rd 
with Colonels Clifton’s and Allen’s battalions of provincials, and Cap¬ 
tain Hovenden’s troop of provincial dragoons. At 4 o’clock this 
morning Lieutenant-General Knyphausen crossed over and joined 
General Leslie with the following regiments, viz :— 
Queen’s rangers, provincials, 
Jagers mounted and dismounted, 
Hessian Grenadiers, 
Two battalions New Jersey Volunteers"*) 
Maryland Volunteers t, . . 
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Volunteers of Ireland 
Caledonian Volunteers 
At 6 o’clock in the evening the remainder of the troops were put 
under arms, and marched to the rear of the several redoubts, where 
they lay upon their arms all night. 
June 18th .—A little after daybreak the troops were put in motion, 
and abandoned the redoubts as well as the city of Philadelphia with¬ 
out the least annoyance or molestation from the enemy, marching in 
three columns to Gloucester Point, where flat boats lay ready for their 
reception, in which they crossed the Delaware and landed on the 
Jersey shore, the whole having got over by 9 o’clock. Some few of the 
enemy’s dragoons entered the city immediately after the troops had 
quitted it, and appeared upon the shore after they were in the boats. 
About 11 o’clock the troops began their march towards Haddonfield, 
where they were joined by the corps from Cooper’s Ferry, under the 
command of Lieutenant-General Knyphausen. The whole army, ex¬ 
cept an advanced corps under Brigadier-General Leslie which had 
pushed forward to Foster’s Town, encamped at Haddonfield. 
June 19th .—The Commander-in-chief marched at daybreak with 
the following corps, viz :— 
1st and 2nd battalions Light Infantry 
16th regiment Light Dragoons 
1st and 2nd battalions British Grenadiers 
Three battalions Hessian Grenadiers 
Brigade of Guards 
4th brigade of British 
3rd brigade of British 
17th regt. Light Dragoons 
Two medium 12-prs. and one inch howitzer. 
At the same time Colonel Prescott was detached with the 28th and 
55th regiments of foot, and two light 6-prs. to Billings Port in order to 
bring off the 15th regiment and the provincial regiment of Vandyke, 
which had taken post there some time before. These regiments joined 
him at Manto Creek, and the whole marched to Haddonfield in the 
evening, having met with no interruption in the march, except from 
a few stragglers supposed to be militia, who by a scattered and con¬ 
cealed fire wounded the surgeon’s mate and a soldier of the 55th, and 
