When Putnam arrived near the bridge, he found it entirely too late to regain a post from which a superior force had already driven the Americans. He therefore marched some distance south-erly, into the plain, and took a position, with the Bronx upon his right. Here he halted for a while, making a timely diversion in favor of McDougall, while the latter was retir-ing to the American lines. The action at Chatterton Hill was followed by some skir-mishes between Putnam's followers and part of the enemy's light troops. Before all these had ceased, it was three o'clock in the afternoon. The British commander determined to bivouack in the position in which he then was, with the in-tention of resuming the offensive upon the morrow. For this purpose the grenadiers of Donop were ordered forward to the northern extremity of the hill, where they formed, with Leslie's brigade in their rear upon the right, and two Hessian brigades, also behind upon their left. In this situa-tion the Bronx was between them and the American right. The road leading to Tarrytown passed along their front and left. The right, and centre of the main body of the royal army did not change their ground in front of Washington's lines. In this position the enemy's troops lay upon their arms that night; and they continued with very little altera-tion, to encamp in the same attitude, for several days sub-sequently. The loss of the enemy during this action in killed and wounded was afterward acknowledged by them, to have been nearly three hundred. That of the Americans, which fell principally upon the New York and Maryland troops, was probably about the same. The Hessian and British officers killed, consisted of Lieutenant-colonel Carr, two captains and two subalterns. Of their officers, twelve, including a