The movement was made with good judgment and ability; the Rangers were entirely surprised, through the carelessness of their sentries ; and, as was stated by an Officer in the Royal Army," they were "very roughly " handled." In consequence of the bad conduct of the guides whom Colonel Haslet had employed,'^ however, the success was not as complete as it probably would have been, had the guides done their duty properly. As it was. Colonel Haslet and his gallant command handled the Rangers " very roughly," killing and wounding a considerable number ; " carrying back, to the White Plains, thirty-six prisoners," and

8 General Washington to Cohniel Lachtan Mcintosh, of Georgia, WiiiTE- " Plains, October 21, 1776;" the same to Major Zabdiel Rogers, "White-Plains, October 21, 1776 ;" Extract of a letter from a General Officer, datt'd "MovnT Washington, October 23, 1776 ;" General Roue to Lord George Germniiie, " New-York, 30 November, 1776 ;" [Hall's] Hislori; of the Civil War in America, i., 205 ; Stedman's History of the American War, i., 212 ; Gordon's History of the American Iterolution, ii., 339 ; Sauthier's Plan of the Operations uf the King's Army ; Plan of the Covntry from Frog's Point to Oroton River; etc.

^ Vide page 250, ante.

'0 In Lieutenant-colonel Tilghnian's letter to his father, dated " Vai- " entine's-Hill 4 MILES FROM KiNGSBRiDGE 22 October 1776," it is ex- ^ pressly stated that "the General " -- by which term he referred to General Washington, whose Aide-de-Camp he wiis and with whom he had been, while the Commander-in-Chief was at the White Plains -- " detached "Major Green * * » to fall upon Sogers in the Night, which they " did," etc.