In the same bedroom with him wore Major Flagg (also a gallant officer) and a young lieutenant, and the men were quartered in tents around the dwelling. De Lancey's party crossed the ford unobserved and quickly surrounded the house1. The young lieutenant, aroused by the commotion, sprang to tin1 window and discharged two pistols at the approaching Refugees. This deed of rashness infuriated the assailants, who, with shouts of "Kill! Kill! No quarter!" rushed for the house. Greene called on his men to defend themselves, and seized his sword. Rut before he could leave the1 room the door was burst open, and, single-handed (the1 lieutenant had already been killed and Flagg felled by musket-balls fired through the1 windows), he had no choice but to sell his life as dearly as possible. " His right arm was almost cut off in two places, his left in one, a severe cut on the left shoulder, a sword thrust through the abdomen, a bayonet in the right side, and another through the abdomen, several sword cuts on the head, and many in different

parts of the body."

The dying Major

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Flagg was dispatched in like savage manner. Greene, fearfully mangled, still retained some life, but he was not permitted to breathe his last in peace. He was placed on a horse and compelled to ride off with the ruffianly victors. After going about three-quarters of a mile they perceived he could travel no farther, removed him from his horse, and pitched him into some bushes by the roadside, where he presently expired. He was buried, with Major Flagg, in the churchyard at Crompond.1 The American loss in this ghastly affair in killed, wounded, and prisoners was about fifty. Shortly after the middle of May, Washington received definite intelligence of the French fleet.