British troops are called back to Ponckhockie…

British troops are called back to Ponckhockie to board their ships before they reach Hurley.

The grain crop is saved from destruction in part by a four-hour artillery barrage made by the militia of the first Ulster regimen under Colonel Johannes Snyder and Major Adrian Wynkoop, which had delayed the British advance.

As the British fleet moves upriver, General George Clinton encamps his troops at the village of Marbletown and moves his command to the Houghtaling House in Hurley in order to better monitor the British.

Hurley is an ideal location for a military outpost, with roads providing access to the Kingston, the Strand on Rondout Creek and back roads to Saugerties and Katsbaan.