[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] it, probably for the most part to the south at each side of the road. On the 2(5th of August the French army crossed the Hudson at King's Ferry and started with the Amer-ican forces on their march to Yorktown, Va. A por-tion of the American army was left behind under the command of General Heath. He makes the following entry in his diary : " Aug. '22d-— The army [Ameri-cans under himself] marched from North Castle and encamped at Crompond.... 23d — The army [American] marched from Crompond and took a strong position at Peekskill." After the capture of Cornwallis the French army did not return northward for many months, and it was not until the 14th of September, 1782, that they be-gan to recross the Hudson to Verplanck's Point. On the ISth they were all on the east side of the Hudson, and on the 24th they moved to Crompond, where they remained till October 22d. The first division left at the latter date, on their march eastward, and were followed the next day by the second division. They afterwards embarked from Boston under command of Baron de Viomenil for the West Indies. Rochambeau sailed from Annapolis shortly afterwards for France. The legion of Lauzun and the heavy artillery remained near Crompond until October 27th, because of a lack of transports after which they left for Wilmington, Del., and went into winter-quarters. March 11, 1783, they sailed for Ffance.