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PAULUS HOOK.—(from THE LIBRARY AT CASSEL.)
PLAN
of the surprise of an English post at Paulus Hook, in the Province of Jersey, at half-past two in the night of the 18th-19th of October, 1779.
| A. | Approach and position of the rebels on the heights of Bergen, to cover the retreat. |
| B. | Attack on the bridge and the blockhouses 1, 2, and 3, and on the fort C, which mounted seven 6-pounders. These did not succeed in firing. |
| D. | Barracks in which the English garrison, one hundred and ten strong, were taken prisoners. |
| E. | Work which a Hessian captain and one officer with twenty-five men occupied; whereupon the rebels retired at daybreak, with their prisoners. |
