after daybreak when he approached the enemy. His spies had given the information that a single sentinel would be encountered on the road some distance in advance, and meas-ures were taken accordingly. When this man came in view, the whole troop were ordered to charge with loud shouts and at full speed; a proceeding which surprised and disconcerted the sentinel to such a degree that he suffered himself to be disarmed and taken prisoner without discharging his mus-ket. The French colonel then advanced in the same rapid manner with loud outcries upon Hadley's house where the picket guard was posted. Completely surprised, and not knowing the strength of their assailants, they were at once put to rout. Most of them were killed or wounded, some escaped, and several were taken prisoners. Having attained his object, he made a short circuit to mislead the Yager offi-cers in their pursuit, and fell back upon his foot with all the speed that could be pricked into his horses. The whole enterprise was conducted with such skill and celerity that he regained his quarters near the head of Sleepy-Hollow, without molestation and without injury, except slight wounds received by two horsemen, although followed by the Hussars of the Queen's rangers and Emmerich's dragoons. His adroit movement at the commencement of his retreat induced the enemy to pursue so far in a false direction that they were unable to come up with him. Simcoe, the redoubtable com-mander of the Queen's rangers, lay at this time on the high grounds near Fordham church, and expressed great indigna-tion when he found that Armand's horse had approached his very pickets. He made immediate preparations to attack the French colonel in his quarters, but before he could mature a project for the purpose, positive orders from the British commander-in-chief, compelled him, reluctantly to go into winter quarters at Jerico on Long-Island.