[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] Two American ships and two armed galleys were stationed above the chain, and when the fate of the forts was decided they were set on fire to save them from the enemy. When the magazines were reached they blew up with terrific explosions, which long reverberated among the mountains. Continental Village, with its barracks, storehouses, and a number of loaded wagons, was burned on the 9th by a detachment under Major-General Trvon. Westchester County below Peekskill was not included in this Visitation, and before the end of October Putnam was back in Peekskill with a force of 6,000. The whole Hudson being open, the British ascended it and ravaged the country. To this period belongs the burning of Kingston. Soon, however, came the wonder-ful tidings of the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga (October 20). and the invaders from below, finding their errand a profitless one and unable to maintain their position in the Highlands, returned to New York. Putnam, at Peekskill, resumed his sway over the entire post. No further attempt was made against Peekskill or its important jurisdiction until the summer of 1779, when Verplanck's Point, and Stony Point opposite, were seized— to no other substantial end, how ever,' than to give the name of Anthony Wayne to immortality. The very large body with which Putnam resumed his station at Peekskill was obtained from the Northern Army, which, after Bur -oy ne's surrender, had been disintegrated.