Concerning the same subject, General Heath, who was on the opposite extremity of the line of the main body, wrote, (Memoirs, 1$,) "The sun "shone bright ; their arms glittered; and, perhaps, troops were never " shown to more advantage, than these now appeared."

* General Botce to Lord George Germaine, "New-Tork, 30 November, "1776;" [Hall s] History of the Civil War in America, i., 208, 209 ; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 341 ; Stedman's History of the American War, i., 215 ; etc.

* General Howe to Lord George Germaine, " New-Toek, 30 November, "1776."

See, also, The Annual Register for 1776, History of Europe, *178 ; tory of the War in America, Edit. Dublin; 1779, i.,195, etc.

^General Howe to Lord Giorge Germaine, "New-Yoek, 30 November, "1776."

See, also. The Annual Register for 1776, History of Europe, *178 ; etc.

It is very probable that it was that accidental separation of the Begiments composing the support of the Hessian forlorn-hope, and the consequent assault on the Americans in three distinct movements, which led Captain Hull, (in Campbell's Revolutionary Sen-ices and Civil Life of General William Hull, 55,) to suppose the assault had been originally ordered to be made, in that manner.

' In what manner the assaulting party crossed the Bronx-river has been made the subject of the speculation* of several modern >vriters, led and, probably, inspired by the unscrupulous John C. Hamilton, {History of the Republic of the United Stales, i., 133,) who said the Hessian forlorn-hope "refused to wade the tangled stream ; and a temporai-y bridge was begun" and, finally, completed, -- of which bridge, he related several incidents.