On the morning of Friday, the first of November, simultaneously with the movement of the Hessian Grenadiers and with other equally important preparations -- the whole, we believe, preparatory to an assault qn the new position of. the American Army, in the high grounds of North Castle, -- a heavy body, from the Right of the Royal Army, with a number of field-pieces, was moved against the extreme left of the American Hues, where the Division commanded by General Heath was posted, and opened a heavy fire ; which was returned by Captain-lieutenant Bryant and Lieutenant Jackson, of the American Artillery, neither party sustaining any loss which was particularly worthy of record. 6 A violent rain, however, again interposed; and the project, whatever it may have been, was abandoned. '

6 General Heath has left a very minute description of the movements of the enemy and of his own preparations to oppose those movements, (Memoirs of General Heath, 80, 81 ;) and we make room for it, because of its great local interest, in the vicinity of the White Plains : "Our General's first anxiety," Geueral Heath stated, speaking of himself, " was 41 for Colonel Malcolm's Regiment, on the hill, to the East of the hollow , " on the left, * lest the enemy should push a Column into the hollow, "and cut the Begiment off from the Division. He, therefore, ordered " Major Keith, one of his Aides, to gallop over, and order Colonel Mal- " colm to come off. immediately, with Lieutenant Fenno's Artillery ; but, " upon a more critical view of the ground, in the hollow, (at the head "of which there was a heavy stone wall, well-situated to cover a body of "troops to throw a heavy fire directly down it, while an oblique fire " could be thrown in, on both sides,) he ordered Major Pollard, his other "Aide, tojrallop after Keith, and countermand the first order ; and to " direct the Colonel to remain at his post; and he should be supported.