When night came, the King's forces, having first taken the precaution to form themselves into a square, bivouacked upon Ressiguie's Ridge. This was a smooth upland field, by the roadside, half a mile south of Ridgefield village and on the easterly side of the highway leading to Norwalk. In want of food and of covering for the night, the invaders did not hesitate to appropriate these necessaries wherever they could be found, and the inhabitants of the village in conse-quence, lost part of their provisions and cattle and some of their clothing. In order to obtain for the weary soldiers some hours of undisturbed repose, numerous out-guards were posted around the spot where the main body lay, but even this precaution did not secure a quiet sleep. During the whole night small parties of the American militia prowled about the redcoats, frequently approaching near enough to fire with effect. Weary nature however sometimes had her way, and the Royalists, even those on guard, at moments slept soundly, allowing several prisoners to regain their lib-erty. Some of these were scarcely hailed by the sentinels and one escaped unchallenged. At the earliest approach of dawn the British drums beat to arms. The Royal Forces soon afterward marched toward the Sound by the Norwalk road. Previously to their march, they fired several houses situated upon the most elevated ground about the village, for the purpose, as was supposed, of giving the fleet a signal of their locality. No material oppo-sition was made for several hours and they approached Wil-ton without molestation. About a quarter of a mile north from where the Congregational church has since been erected, they wheeled to the left and leaving the Ridgefield road, crossed the fields until they reached a smooth piece of ele-vated ground near the Norwalk and Danbury road; about half a mile north of the place where St.