In short, in the instructions for the management of the corps, its commander seems to have anticipated the more modern tactics of the Freneh army." The sending of this body to Mamaroneck-- the home, by the way, of the distinguished Tory family of de Lancey-- was the first enterprise of the British commander apart from his main forward movement since his landing in Westchester Comity, and undoubtedly was intended as a complimentary recognition of the spirited Tory volunteers. General Washington, upon receiving intelligence of the unopposed capture of Mamaroneck by the Rangers, decided to give them a different impression of the quality of Revolutionary troops than they had derived from their entry there. Agreeably to his orders, General Lord Stirling, commanding at White Plains, dispatched Colonel Haslet, with (500 Delaware troops, and Major Green, with 150 Virginians, to attack the Rangers during the night. It was hoped to surprise and capture the whole corps of the enemy, which was only 450 strong; and this would undoubtedly have been done had it not been for the foresight of Colonel Rogers in extending his picket lines beyond expectation, and the blundering of the American guides, who "undertook to alter the first disposition" of the attacking party. A surprise was thus prevented, and a hand to hand fight ensued in the darkness, the Rangers, inspired by the great courage and address of their colonel, defending themselves excellently. The Americans were finally forced to retire, sustaining aloss of three or four killed and about fifteen wounded, but bearing with them thirty-six prisoners and a quantity of captured arms and blankets. The number of the Loyalists killed and wounded is unknown, but according to American reports was large, twenty-