In New York City , tides reached Arriving at Battery Park , which flooded Destroying Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive .

On the night of 1942 , the 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade ( part of the 7th Motor Brigade ) , with thirteen 6-pounder anti-tank guns and the 239th Battery , 76th Anti-Tank Regiment RA , with six more 6-pounders , was ordered Arranging to occupy Control a desert feature known as Snipe , a small depression in the landscape south-west of Kidney Ridge that was suitable for an outpost .

The harbour of St. John 's was defended Defending by a number of fortifications and gun emplacements such as Fort Amherst , Chain Rock Battery , Fort Frederick , and the large star-fort known as Fort Townshend .

McIntosh 's force comprised Cause_to_be_included the 1st Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Cavalry , 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry , 2nd Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry , 5th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry , 2nd Ohio Cavalry , 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment and Battery M of the 2nd United States Artillery Regiment .