[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] cut to proceed against him in front, while he would fall upon his rear. This well-laid plan, if it had been carried out, would probably have resulted in the capture of Tryon; but Putnam was unable to co-operate properly. Burr, however, performed his part so well that Tryon beat a hasty retreat, leaving most of his cattle and other plunder behind. The crowning achievement of Burr's command was the destruction of a British fort and the capture of nearly all its garrison at de Lancey's Mills (West Farms) — a feat performed, like Wayne's storm-ing of Stony Point, without tiring a musket. This fort was a block structure, built by Colonel de Lancey to protect his outposts at Mor-risania. Burr, resolving to take it, reconnoitered it carefully, noting every feature of the ground and measuring with his eye the height of the port-holes, lie then prepared ladders, canteens filled with in-flammables, rolls of port-fire, and hand-grenades. It was essential to effect his work quickly and without noise, as there were strong-British forces in the surrounding country, which, if alarmed, would AAROX BURR.