]\IiLiTARY Hi.STORY. -- Tile towu of NewRochelle appears to have sufl'ered somewhat during the Revolutionary War, althougli by no means so severely as some other parts of the county:

" On tlifi 18th of October, 1776, the Biitisli nriny ( ro.ssed tci I'elbaiii Point from Throg's Neck, and niurchiiig northerly, encamped tiie same night on the high ground hetwetm Ilulehinson's River (Kast Cliester Creek) and New Rochelle village, where it remained till the 2Ist. On the 21st the Britisli removed and encamjied on New Rochelle Heights, nortli of the village, and on both sides of the road leading to Scaredale. During the nuircli of the two armies towards White IMains, frequent skirmishes hajiiiened. General Sullivan attacked the vanguard of the British on their road from New Rochelle, and in tlie figlit which cn- Bued, as well as in most of the other smaller engagements, the advantage was with the Americans.

" But their greatest troubles befell the inluibitants after the battle at White Plains was over, au<l the Bi'itish army had retired to Dobbs Ferry ; for the whole region between the Sound and the Hudson River was overrun ami laiil waste by a partizan warfare, and became, as it were, the battle-ground of the disafTectetl, and the i)rey of botli friend and foe. Scenes of cruelty and bloodslieii, unknown in civili/.ed warfare, marked tliese predatory excursions from both lines, and in defense of tlicir homes, the valiant sons of Westchester exhibited frequent instances of personal bravery unexcelled in ancient or modern times." '