On the morning after the withdrawal of the main body of the American Army from its lines, at the head of the White Plains, [Friday, November 1, 1776,] General Howe gave orders for the occupation of those lines, by the Royal Army; but, again, a violent rain interposed; and the project was abandoned. 3 At a later hour, however, the Hessian Grenadiers were moved from Chatterton's-hill, and occupied those lines, 4 very possibly as the beginning of a movement against the new position of the American Army, which, after a due examination of its strength, was conducted no further. 5

1 Letter from a Gentleman in the Army, '■ Camp near the Mills, about " three miles North op tue White-Plains, November 1, 1776," published in the Pennsylvania Evening Post, No. 280, Philadelphia, Thursday, November 14, 1776 ; General Howe to Lord George Germaine, "New- " York, 30 November, 1776 ; " [Hall's] History of the Civil War in America, i., 210 ; Gordon's History of t)ie Ameiican Revolution, ii., 344 ; etc.

3 Memoirs of General Heath, 80.

See, also, a Letter from a Gentleman in the Army, 'dated " Camp near " the Mills, about three miles North of the White-Plains, November 1, 1776," published in The Pennsylvania Evening Post, No. 280, Philadelphia, Thursday, November 14, 1776; General George Clinton to John McKesson, "Camp at the old place, near the White Plains, 2 " November, 1776 ; " General Howe to Lord George Germaine, " New- " York, 30 November, 1776 ;" etc.