[NewYork] 27th Octrー The Repulse and Pearl Frigates went up the North River with the tide when the troops advanced, in order to flank the Enemy, but the fire from Forts Washington and Constitution obliged them to return to their former stations. Indeed as the Rebels did not abandon their works on their right, their going higher up would have answered no good purpose. The Rebels struck the Ships several times, but they did them no other damage than wounding one man on board the Repulse.
1. Mackenzie's Diary, I, 89, 90.