The movement was made with good judgment and ability; the Rangers were entirely surprised, through the carelessness of their sentries ; and, as was stated by an Officer in the Royal Army, 11 they were " very roughly " handled." In consequence of the bad conduct of the guides whom Colonel Haslet had employed, 12 however, the success was not as complete as it probably would have been, had the guides done their duty properly. As it was, Colonel Haslet and his gallant command handled the Rangers " very roughly," killing and wounding a considerable number ; 13 carrying back, to the White Plains, thirty-six prisoners, 14 and

8 General Washington to Colonel Lachlan Mcintosh, of Georgia, " Whitk- " Plains, October 21, 1776;" the same to Major Zabdiel Sogers, " White-Plains, October 21, 1776 ; " Extract of a letter from a General Officer, dated " Mount Washington, October 23, 1776;" General Howe to Lord George Germaine, "New-York, 30 November, 1776;" [Hall's] History of the Civil War in America, i., 205 ; Stedman's History of the American War, i., 212 ; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 339; Sauthier's Plan of Die Operations of the King's Army ; Plan of the Country from Frog's Point to Croton River; etc. .

Vide page 250, ante.

»> In Lieutenant-colonel Tilghman's letter to his father, dated " Val- "entine's-Hill 4 miles from Kinqsbrioge 22 October 1776," it is expressly stated that "the General "--by which term he referred to General Washington, whose Aide-de-Camp he was and with whom he had been, while the Commander-in-Chief was at the White Plains-- " detached "Major Green * * * to fall upon Rogers in the Night, which they " did," etc.