In the British rear was a wood; it had been designed to conceal tlie Queen's Bangers under General Simcoe, and while the Yagers and cavalry should have engaged with any corps wl\o might patrolc to Valentine's hill, it was thought probable that the enemy ou the opposite side of the Bronx would puss over to their assistance, when the infantry and Higlilanicrs would rush from the wood, and occupying the fences do severe and cool execution upon them as they were on the bridge and occupied iu the deep hollow. An advanced party of the enemy, notwithstanding the circumstances which made the troops quit Valentine's hill, hud already passed the Bronx ; the Yager cavalary were ordered to proceed towards Kings Bridge, slowly and in full sight of the enemy who were on Hunt's hill. There was still hopes by forming the ambuscade to do some service, when, to Lieutenant Col. Simcoe's great surprise, the enemy's cannon were fired at the infantry, whom he expected to have been hidden from their sight, by the intervention of the woods ; but it appeared that while Captain Ross was with the atlvanced companies some officers imprudently had got upou a fence, out of curiosity, and discovered themselves to the enem}\ Lieutenant Colonel Simcoe iinaicdiately withdrew his men out of the reach of any ciumc* shot, and made use of the low ground (the crossing of which would have led him into the ambuscade,) to march his infantry under its cover, out of their sight, or the reach of their cannon ; he sent orders to Captain Bujs to withdraw ;