[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] At the selected moment Put-nam had only 1,100 continentals and 400 militiamen at Peekskill, and the total garrisons of Forts Clinton and Montgomery were not in excess of (500, mostly New York militia hastily gathered by Governor George Clinton and his brother, Gen-eral James Clinton — the former commanding at Fort Montgomery and the latter at Fort Clinton. On the 4th of October the expedition up the Hudson got under way. Its advance consisted of two ships-of-war, three tenders, and a large number of flatboals, and a second division followed com-prising one large man-of-war, five topsail vessels, and numerous small craft. A stop was made at Tarrytown, where troops were landed and marched several miles into the country. But this maneuver, says Irving, was only a feint to distract attention. At night the men were re-embarked, and the next morning the whole force of some-GENERAL JAMES CLINTON EVENTS OF 1777 AND 1778 435 thing more than 3,000 was set ashore at Verplanck's Point. This was the morning of the 5th of October — one year, lacking seven days, from the date of the first British enterprise in Westchester County at Tkrogg's Point. General Putnam, with his weak command at Peekskill, of course could not advance to engage such a body. His ingenuous soul could uot surmise any guile in the foe who thus in broad daylight had lauded under his eye, and his valorous instincts rejected all doubt that the knightly Sir Henry would come straight on and fight him.