L'ul Haslet says, the enemy in the first place moved towards the fortiiications in the village-- they then halted-- the general officers had a council of war on horse!.>a';k in the wheat-fields, and the result was that their forces inclined tov.ards the Bronx. Fifteen or twenty pieces of artillerj' were placed upon the high gr v.iml opposite the liill, and commenced a furious cannonade upon McDougal's fvrce-. under cover of which fire the British built a bridge over the Bronx, and prepart d to cross.

"Gen. McDougal placed two field pieces upon a ledge of table rock, whicli did great execution among the British artificers and soldiers. So soon as the brid/- would adnnt their crossing, they ru.-5hed forward and attempted to take tli^' t •.•.•■> pieces by a charge up the hill-- these two cannon were in charge of tli.- i.ity Alexander Hamilton, (then a captain of artillery), and never did olucers cr n:-:; do better execution. When upon the spot in after years, describir^g it t > a youthful friend, he was heard to say, 'For three successive discharges thi-adv.i.-icing column of British troops was swept froni hill-top to river ' The British fin'.- ing this talile rock inacccsv.il)lo, inclined to the left down the river. a-:d j- lined tlie troops under General liaM, wliieh had crossed about a quarter of a mile !>elow.

"They now attacked .McDougal, and attempted to turn his right (lank. lbretreated, but contested tlio ground all the way up to the sununit of th.e hill, making a stand at every favorabi'.- poiiit. At leii-th the British cavalry lt-Iu-iI the crest of the hill, and charging, cut to pieces the nulitia on McDougal's rigiit.