Captain William Tiffen, commanding officer, Royal Artillery

"About midnight of the 15th of July, I was alarmed by my servant, who informed me that there was some firing in front. I dressed immediately, and ran to the Artillery encampment on my right to turn out the men. Finding their tents empty, I went to the 18 pounder Battery on the left of the Upper Works. In about ten minutes I was taken prisoner by the Enemy. Firing in front, and on my right, kept up for five or six minutes after that. . . The Outer Works, as well as the Howitzer battery, were supplied with such proportion of ammunition . .as thought necessary. . . it was not expected that there would be occasion for [the other] guns [ in the Upper Works] on a night attack."

Tiffen had arrived at Stony Point as artillery commander less than 24 hours before he was captured.