[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] tional with him whether to come to New York Harbor or to Chesa-peake Bay. As we shall see, Washington remained in absolute un-certainty regarding the French admiral's intended destination until after the latter had sailed from the West Indies. The remainder of May and the first three weeks of June were em-ployed in preparations for the junction of the allied armies and the offensive operations on New York. Rochambeau began his march from Newport on the 10th of June, leaving at that place a sufficient garrison, its harbor being still occupied by French ships of war. Washington assembled his troops from their different encampments on the west side of the Hudson, brought them across King's Ferry, and ou the 2(>th established his headquarters at the Van Cortlandt house north of Peekskill. lie at once proceeded to demonstrate to the British that the joint movement was not a mere feint or a ven-ture whose final object was to be approached gradually, but a swift and deadly undertaking against New York. The promptitude with which Washington, after arriving at Peekskill, planned and executed the demonstration on New York, and the fine judgment with which he arranged his combinations, must have been convincing proof to Sir Henry Clinton that he would soon be called upon to defend the city with all the resources at his command.