1 " I did not think the driving their rear-guard further back, an object " of the least consequence," were General Howe's official words, descriptive of that very important determination.

See, also, [Hall's] History of the Civil War in America, i., 211 ; Stedman's History of the American War, i., 216 ; Memoirs of General Heath, 81 ; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 344 ; Marshall's Life of George Washington, ii., 506, 507 ; etc.

2 Memoirs of Genera! Heath, 81-83 ; Letter dated " Near Head-Quar- "ters, North-Castle, Nov. 5, 1770," published in The Fi-eeman's Journal and New-Hampshire Gazette, Vol. I., No. 26, Portsmouth, Tuesday, November 19, 1776.

3 Memoirs of General Heath, 83.

4 General Washington to the President of the Congress, " White-Plains, 6 " November, 1776 ; " tlie same to Governor Livingston, " White-Plains, "7 November, 1776 ;" Memoirs of General Heath, 83; Marshall's Life, of George Washington, ii., 607 ; Gordon's History of the American Revolution, ii., 344 ; etc.

6 Vide pages 253, 258, ante. 6 Vide pages 252, 263, ante.

over the Bronx-river, near De Lancey's Mill, [now the village of West Farms^\ in the Town of Westchester ; and the Waldeckers whom General Knyphausen had left at New Rochelle, on the preceding Monday, was moved to another bridge, also over the Bronx-river, three miles above the other, [then and now known as Williams' s-bridge:~\ and every other necessary preparation for an orderly and undisturbed retreat had, in the meanwhile, been taken. 7