The whole American army was now assembled at Whiteplains, with the exception of the divisions commanded by Lee and Lincoln, which still maintained their position at Milesquare on the west bank of the Bronx, between Valentine's Hill and Kings-bridge, from whence they watched the movements of the Royal forces, and covered and secured "the heavy baggage and military stores, which, in consequence of the difficulty of obtaining wagons, could be but slowly removed to a place of safety." After their successful skirmish on Pelham Heights, Colonel Glover's men were eager for another enterprise, and on the 22nd he complied with their wishes by allowing a corporal and two privates to reconnoitre. These adventurers there-upon advanced boldly to the British camp, and brought off a number of fat cattle. At five o'clock the next morning, the King's troops were startled by a heavy firing of small arms near the left of their encampment. It was a skirmish between Colonel Hand of General Lee's division and a Hessian scouting party. Hand, at the head of two hundred and fifty of his Pennsylvania riflemen, waylaid and encountered the Hessians, whose num-bers were about equal to his own, in the fields northeast of Ward's House. They had been below patrolling, and were returning back loaded with plunder. Hand from his am-bush fired upon and then charged them. They fled in great disorder, leaving their booty behind, and were pursued by Major Ross and a part of the Pennsylvanians, until they gained the left of the Royal camp. Here Ross attempted to capture a British officer on horseback, but the latter wheeled about and rode furiously along the lines, shouting to the