Attempted Landing At Throgg's Neck 12 Oct. 1776

12 Oct. 1776 - Attempted landing at Throg's Neck:  In 1776, George Washington's headquarters wrote of a potential British landing at "Frogs Neck":  "Frogs Neck and Point is a kind of Island, there are two passages at the Main which are fordable at low Water at both of which we have thrown up Works, which will give some Annoyance should they attempt to come off by either of these Ways... The grounds leading from Frogs Point towards our Post at Kingsbridge are as defensible as they can be wished." 

At the bridge over Westchester Creek, . . .  General Howe did make an unsuccessful effort to cut off Washington's troops . . . [W]hen the British approached, the Americans ripped up the plank bridge and opened a heavy fire that forced Howe to withdraw and change his plans; six days later he landed troops at Rodman's Neck to the north, on the far side of Eastchester Bay.