[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] He foil back to the passes, posted himself there, sent to Governor Clinton at Port Montgomery for all the soldiers he could spare, and awaited the convenience of the enemy, who meantime showed a sur-prisingly leisurely disposition. There was no attack that day, night fell, and Putnam looked for the morrow with hopeful expectancy. Put before daybreak Sir Henry transported 2,000 of his force from Verplanck's Point to the wholly unprotected west shore, leaving 1,00(1 behind to keep up the appearance of a meditated movement on Putnam. Then, with his main body, he made the circuit of the Dunderberg, marched without experiencing the least detention through those mountain passes which Washington's board of gen-erals in May had reported were so exceedingly difficult that they would never be attempted, easily overcame the small corps sent to check him, and, in two divisions of a thousand men each, fell upon Forts Clinton and Montgomery from the rear. He stormed them with the bayonet, and though the forts were heroically defended, the Americans prolonging their resistance until twilight, the overpower-ing numbers of the British carried the day. The American killed, wounded, and missing were 250. The two commanders, with the remnants of the garrisons, escaped across the river. In the action Colonel Campbell, heading one of the attacking parties, was killed, and his command fell to Colonel Beverly Robinson, the Loyalist son-in-law of the third Frederick Philipse.