• ,',:.< inetanf, tlie cannonade ■vras brisk on both sides: directed by the British n-fi»69 the hollow and Bronx, agaiast the Americans ou the hill, and by thcni nturucd. Almost at the same instant, the right column, composed of British tr<A.'ns, preci'ded by about twenty light horse in full gallop, and brandishing their fcwords, appeared on the road leadinc; to the court-house, and now directly in the fniat of our General's division. The light-horse leaped the fence of a wheat field, at the foot of the hUl, on which Col. Malcolm's regiment was posted, of which the light-horse were not aware until a shot from Lieutenant Penuo's field- \)k'ce gave them notice by striking in the midst of them, and a horseman pitching from his horse. They then wheeled short about, galloped out of the field as fa^t as they came in, rode behind a little liill on the road, and faced about ; the tops of their caps only being visible to our General, where he stood. The column came no further up the road, but wheeled to the left by platoons, as they came up ; and, passing through a bar, or gateway, directed their head towards the troops on Chatterton's hill, now engaged. When the head of the colunm had got nearly across the lot, their front got out of sight ; nor could the extent of their rear be now discovered. The sun shone bright, their arms glittered, and perhaps troojis never were shown to more advantage, than those now appeared- The -whole now halted; ard for a few minutes, the men all sat down in the Kime order in which they stood, no one appearing to move out of his place. The cannonade continued brisk across the Bronx. A part of the left column, composed of British and Hessians, forded the river, and marched along under the cover of the hill, until they bad gained sufhcient ground to the left of the Americans; when, by facing to the left, their column became a line, parallel with the Americans.