His first question to our General, " was, ' How is your Division ? ' He was answered, * They are all in or- " ' der.' ' Have you,' said the Commander-in-chief, ' any troops on the hill, <" over the hollow?' He was answered, 'Malcolm'sRegiment is there.' 'If " ' you do not call them off, immediately, ' says the General, ' you may lose " * them, if the enemy push a column up the hollow.' He was answered, " ' that, even in that case, their retreat should be made safe ; that a strong " Regiment was posted at the head of the hollow, behind the wall ; that " this Regiment, with the oblique fire of the Division, would so check the " enemy, as to allow Malcolm to make a safe retreat. The Commander- " in-chief concluded by saying, ' Take care that you do not lose them.'

"The Artillery of the Division was so well directed as to throw the "British artillery-men, several times, into confusion ; and, finding that "they could not, here, make any impression, they drew back their pieces, "the Column not advancing," [probably because of the failure of the main body to advance against the American lines, in cooperation with this detachment, as we have already stated.]

" The British Artillery now made a circuitous movement ; and came "down, toward the American right. Here, unknown to them, were "some twelve-pounders, upon the discharge of which, they made off, " with their field-pieces, as fast as their horses could draw them.