1 LuBhington's Life of Lord Harris, 81.
See, also, Extract from a letter from Fort Lee, dated October 20, 1776, in The Pennsylvania 'journal. No. 1768, Philadelphia, Wednesday, October 23, 1776 ; Sauthier's Plan of the Operations; etc.
3 Extract from a letter from Movnt Washington, dated October 23, 1776, in The Pennsylvania Journal, No. 1769, Philadelphia Wednesday, October 30, 1776 ; General Howe to Lord George Germaine, " New- York, 30 "November, 1776 ; " Sauthier's Plan ; etc.
8 Colonel Glover's letter, dated, "Mile-Square, October 22, 1776."
4 We are not insensible that Colonel Glover, in his letter of which bo much use has been made, in the preparation of this narrative, stated that eight were killed; but the official Returns, referred to, below, clearly indicated that only six were killed -- no Returns of the Wounded having oeen made, only the Killed can be noticed.
The Return of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Read shows that, of that Regiment,, Samuel Cole, of Captain Pond's Company, Daniel Deland, of Captain Warren's Company, and Ezekiel Fuller, of Captain Peters's Company, were killed. (A Relurnof the Killed, Missing, etc., without date, in Force's American Archives, V., ii., 718.)
The Return of Colonel Shepard's Regiment shows that, of that Regiment, Sergeants James Scott and Charles Adams and Private Thaddeus Kemp, all of them of Captain Bolster's Company, were killed. (A Return of the Killed, Taken, and Missing of th£ Third Regiment, commanded by Colonel Shepard, etc., "North-Castle, November 19, 1776.")
The Return of Colonel Baldwin's Regiment shows that that Regiment sustained no loss, on the day under consideration. {Return of the Killed, Wounded, Prisoners, and Missing in the Brigade commanded by Gurdon Saltonstall, Esq., " North-Castle. November 19, 1776.")