As to their courage, the whole body of the 16th were forced to return by the fire of a single regiment, and many of them old troops. The fourth regiment was one that ran, and had we been reinforced with half their numbers might have totally defeated them.

"The next day General Lee (under whose command we are,) came and publicly returned his thanks to Colonel Glover and the officers and soldiers under his command for their noble spirited and soldier like conduct during the battle."**

North Castle, October 29/A, 1776. ''We have secured and encamped on every hill and dale, between this and New York, last Friday week, (I8th.) Our whole brigade that then lay at Eastchester under command of Colonel Glover was ordered to oppose the progress of a large body of the enemy, then landing at Rodman's Point.^ Three regiments were ordered to pass a causeway, (the only passage,) and march to oppose them, and our regiment with three pieces of artillery was posted on an eminence overlooking the causeway, to secure a retreat for the others, and prevent the enemy from advancing. Colonel Glover so posted the three other regiments in the wood that they annoyed the enemy greatly. But discovering that they had determined to flank them he ordered a retreat. We had six or seven killed and about eighteen wounded. The enemies' loss about one hundred and forty or one hundred and fifty. After the skirmish we retreated to Mile Square, where we lay encamped till Friday, (25th Oct.) when with the remainder of General