We have learned from the Retwns of the Killed, Wounded, and Missing, on that day, of Regiments who are known to have taken no part what - ever in the subsequent action on Chatterton's-hill, of what Regiments that force who met the King's troops, near Hart's-corners, was composed : it contained the Regiments commanded by Colonels Silliman, Selden, Sage, and Douglass-- the latter commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Arnold -- all of them of the Brigade commanded by General Wadsworth ; the Regiment commanded by Colonel Chester, of the Brigade commanded by Colonel Sargent ; the Regiments commanded by Colonels Baldwin, Douglass, and Lieutenant-colonel Ely, of the Brigade commanded by General Saltonstall ; and the Regiments commanded by Colonels Holman and Smith, of the Brigade commanded by General Fellows. All thpsemade Returns of Casualties sustained by them, on that occasion : how many other Regiments there were, whose bashfulness forbade the making of any Returns, we have not ascertained.

* Letter from a Gentleman in the Army, "Camp near the Mills, about "three miles North of White-Plains, November 1, 1776;" Memoir of Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge, prepared by himself, at the request of his children, 13 ; etc.

8 We are not insensible of the fact that " a Gentleman in the Army," from whose letter, dated "Camp near the Mills, about three miles

sent out, to hold the enemy in check. These were posted, advantageously, " on the old York road," it is said ; 9 and it is also said that when the left column of the Royal Army "had advanced within musket-shot " of our troops, a full discharge of musketry warned " them of their danger. At first, they, " [the Hessians,] "fell back; but, rallying again, immediately, and the" [right] " column of British troops having advanced " upon our " [General Spencer's] "left, it became necessary" [for him] "to retire;" 10 taking the opportunity, " occasionally/ 7 to form behind the stone walls, on the line of his retreat, and to annoy those who pursued him 11 -- it has been said, however, that the flight of that large detachment was hastened by the appearance, on its front, of the British Light Dragoons ; la and that the retreat was not such an one as reflected credit on its discipline, as soldiers, or on its bravery, as men. 13 A large portion, if not the whole, of the detachment, terror-stricken and without any appearance of order, sought " the ford " -- a shallow portion of the Bronx-river, apparently a short distance below the present railroad-bridge, between Hartsdale and the White Plains -- closely pursued by Colonel Rail, with the Brigade, composed of the Regiments of Lossberg, Knyphausen, and Rail, whom he commanded ; u and, having passed the little stream, the cowardly fugitives found refuge in the neighboring