 Most, many of them came late. For example, the Putnam County farmers didn't make it until the British were almost back on their ships at Campo Beach. And perhaps most remarkably of all, the militia under Worcester, Arnold, and Silliman were just a couple of miles away in Bethel when they stopped for the night. Now, they were exhausted having ridden all the way from New Haven. However, had they known just how drunk and susceptible the British troops were,