Hopkins conducted himself with great credit m end.1 the at ully successf engagement, retiring Although most of the fighting in our county during the summer and fall of rhis year occurred in the northern and central sections, as the result of British aggressions, the Americans attempted occasional counter-strokes in the territory of the present Borough of On The 5th of the Bronx, two of which are described by Heath. i The interested reader mav And detailed particulars of this fight, as of numerous other Revolutionary episodes for the Towns of Green- . burgh and Mount Pleasant, in the " Souvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dediration at Tarrytown, October 19. 1894" (compiled by M d' Raymond, editor of the Tarrytown Irnus) This little book, although modestly claimed by the compiler to be chiefly of •• a personal character." is invaluable to the student of the Revolutionary annals of West-

Chester County. In the compilation of the present History, both the author and editor have found frequent occasion to appreciate the general thoroughness, accuracy, and intelligeuce of Mr. Raymond's local historical writings as published in his newspaper and otherwise: and they take satisfaction in acknowledging their indebtedness to his published artides for not a few of the facts contained in these pages,

HISTORY

WESTCHESTER

COUNTY

August " about oue hundred horse, of Sheldon's, Moylan's, and of the militia, and about forty infantry of Glover's brigade, passed by de Lancey's Mills to the neighborhood of Morrisania, where they took twelve or fourteen prisoners, some stock, etc. The enemy collected and a skirmish ensued, in which the enemy had a number of men killed and wounded; our loss, two killed and two wounded." And on the 3d of October " Lieutenant Gill, of the dragoons, patroling in Eastchester, found a superior force in his rear, and no alternative but to surrender or cut his way through them.