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pany, killed a British soldier and brought off his arms; which on the evening parade, were formally presented to him by Colonel Cadwallader, in reward of his bravery." During the latter part of the day, the firing was only occasional, and on the approach of evening, it ceased entirely. The ships then fell down the river, and the adverse troops which had ad-vanced on Harlem Plains retired again within their respective lines. In a letter to General Mifflin, Greene writes: "Our artil-lery behaved incomparably well. Colonel Magaw is charmed with their conduct, in firing at the ship and in the field." In speaking of the pompous display, made upon this occa-sion by Lord Percy, Paine says: "It is now seven o'clock, and the firing has just ceased; but nothing extraordinary I believe has happened. We take this day's movement to be only a feint; at any rate it is little honorable to the redcoats." Soon after the commencement of the Sunday cannonade near Fort Washington, the left and centre of the British army moved from the positions they had occupied for two days, in New Rochelle and Eastchester, with the intention of drawing nearer to their right. The news brought to Gen-eral Lee was, that they had struck their tents and were march-ing in two columns, toward the Hudson. Lee saw the perilous situation in which he was likely to be placed, and acted with his accustomed promptness. He instantly broke up his en-campment and put his forces in motion toward the main army, at Whiteplains. The rough and hilly highway along which he marched, is generally known as the Tuckahoe road, and it was filled for the space of four miles by the two divisions under his command, eight thousand strong, with their artil-lery and baggage, including a train of a hundred and fifty wagons, laden with stores and ammunition.