History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
I., No. 24., Portsmouth, Tuesday, November 5, 1776, and by General Force, in the American Archiceo, V., ii., 1174, contained a statement of theskirmish, giving theiommand toGeneral Lee and making other serious eirors ; some Liformution relatintj to the enemy, commaniculed to the Neio-York Convention, evMenWy by General George Clinton, on the twenty-first of October, 1776, gave a brief description ; an allusion which was made to it, with the report of a deserter as to the enemy's loss, may be seen in an Extract of a letter from Fort Lee, dated "Octcber 22," and published iu Tlu Philadelphia Evening Post, Vol. II., No. 276, Philadelphia, Saturday, October 26, 1776 ; with the letter, evidently written by General Glover, dated "Mile Square, October 22, "1776," and published in The Freeman^g Journal and Xeir-Hampshire Gazette, Vol. I., No. 27, Portsmouth, Tuesday, November 26, 1776, and by General Force, in the A7neti^an Archives, V., ii., 1188, 1189, the reader is already acquainted ; an Extract of a letter from Motiut Washingtot^, dated October 2:i, 1776, written by an eye-witness of the engagement, and published in The Pennsijhania Journal, No. 176!), Philadelphia, Wednesday, October 30, 1776, confirmed the statement that the loss was largely sustained by the German troops; and infurnied that deserters stated the entire loss, British and German, to have amounted to "more "than eight hundred men, killed and wounded ;" a brief reference was made to the skirmish, iu an Extract of a letter from East Chester, dated October 23, published in The Freeman s Journal or New-TIampshire Gazette, Vol. I , No. 24, I'orismciuth, Tuesday, November 5, 1776 ; an excellent and very full description, evidently written by one who participated in the fight, appeared in an Extract of a letter from Camp at Mile Square iu East Chester, dated 23 October, 1776, which Wiis printed in The Freeman's