On this day 250 years ago in New York, an American battery near Dobb’s Ferry fired a 12-pounder gun on a British ship in the Hudson River. An officer in New Jersey recorded that the American fire was accurate and disabled the ship forcing the British to tow it out of range of the cannon:

They hulled her eleven times out of fifteen. . . . Little skirmishes happen almost every day; but they are thought so little of that they seldom are mentioned as news.

Also on that day the Continental Army faced off against the British Army on opposite sides of the Bronx River. Although the Armies were in sight of each and sent out patrols that came close to contact, both sides were wary of starting in engagement so there was no reported combat on land. The British guns in New York City, however were not silent even without combat as

This being the anniversary of The King’s accefsion at i o’clock all the Ships of War in the harbour, and those in the different Stations in both Rivers, fired a Royal salute.

Sources: https://miniawi.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-25-1776.html; Mackenzie Diary at 86 accessed at https://archive.org/details/diaryoffrederick21ptunse/page/85/mode/1up

On this day 250 years ago in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress voted to advance $3000 to Col. Moses Hazen of Canada to enlist Canadians in his regiment. Although the Continental Army had been defeated and retreated from Canada, the Congress recognized that many Canadians had fought on the side of the Americans and had retreated with the Continental Army to New York. The Congress also hoped that Hazen would be able to continue to recruit other sympathetic Canadians to fight for American Liberty.

Source: Journals of the Continental Congress, Vol VI at p. 903