Of the enemy, says Sheldon, two were killed and four made prisoners, the wounded being uncertain. Four horses also, were captured from the British, and one killed. The standard of the regiment having been left in Major Lockwood's house when the dragoons suddenly turned out, was taken; and this and also some helmets, arms, and accoutrements, were carried off by the enemy as trophies. During his retreat, Tarleton took off eight or ten of the

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inhabitants, who were known to be the most actively opposed to the Crown. Among them were the following persons, viz. Alsop Hunt, a son-in-law of Major Lockwood; Andrew Mills, an old man belonging to Bedford, who while endeavouring to conceal his musket in some secure place, was found with the weapon in his hands; two or three of the Poundridge people named Hill, and one of the Van Tassels of Philipse Manor, a race celebrated for fighting propensities. Mills was liberated through the intercessions of his daughter with the royal commanders. Most of the prisoners however, underwent a long confinement, in the notorious Sugar-House. Tarleton, in his letter to Sir Henry Clinton, estimates Sheldon's regimental loss, in killed, wounded and prisoners, at twenty six or twenty seven; and of the militia he says, that fifteen were killed, wounded or taken. This must be over-rated. His own loss, which he makes one hussar of the legion killed, one wounded, and one horse of the Seventeenth dra-goons killed, is undoubtedly much underrated. He probably made no return of the losses sustained by the irregulars under his command. It may be well to record whatever may redound to the credit of an enemy whose conduct too often and too justly was charged with inhumanity. After Tarleton's retreat from Poundridge, one of the British surgeons continued for some time in the village, for the purpose of taking care of some American soldiers, whose wounds required immediate atten-tion.