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.

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Pie la=t stand was made by the Americans behind a funcc at the top of the hill, ^ht-TL' the Delaware regiment and part of McDougal's brigade, twice repulsed the British Light Infantry and Cavalry. At length compelled to retreat, it was i'.ow in good order over tlie bridge at the foot of the hill, under cover of some n :;irnent3 detached by Washington from his main army. The militia and a few of tiie regulars were dispersed among the hills of Greenburgh, but soou returned 10 Head Quarters. The British forces engaged in that attack, were the flower of Ihe army, consisting of the second brigade of British, the 5th, i2Sth and 49th regiments, Kahl's battalion, the Hessian Grenadiers, under Duuop, and a party of Light Dragoons, all commanded by General Leslie.