 Sutherland would later write about the British action at Lexington and Concord.Over four years later, now a major, Sutherland was in command of a British fort at Paulus Hook along the North River (now called the Hudson River) in present-day Jersey City, New Jersey.On 19 August 1779, the fort was attacked by 400 Continental soldiers led by Light Horse Harry Lee in what became known as the Battle of Paulus Hook.