The ball passing through his head, he fell forward upoa the bed and there continued ; the enemy breaking into the room, found him ui that situation-- and tiiinking him to be sullen, gave him several cuts in the back ■with their broad-swords-- but he was probably out of the reach of their unmanly rage, having expired the instant he received the ball. Ilis remains were attended"to the church-yard in Crompond, by the ofiicers of the regiment and a respectable number of the inhabitants, and decently interred with the inhumanly mangled corpse of his Colonel. "«

The news of DeLaiice/s movement reached Washington, at West Point, about six hours after Colonel Greene's surprisal -- too late to be of any ser\-ice, as appeals by the following : --

"May 14th, about noon intelligence was received from Gen. Paterson, of West Point, that the eiioiiy Kcre on the north mle of Cvoton Tiivtr in fcnxe ; that Col. Greene, Major Flagg, and Sonne other officers, vith forty or fifty men, were surprised and cut off at the Bridge, and that Col. Scammoll, with the New ITampshh-e troops had marched to their assistance. I ordered the Connecticut troops to move an(i support those of New Hampshire. In the evening information was brought tliat the enemy, consisting of about sixty horse and one hundred and forty uifantry liad rctreat(-d precipitately. May 16th, went to the posts at Vk'est Point ; received a particular account of the surprise of Col. G-reene, and the loss we sustained, v.-hich consisted of himself and :\laior Flagg killed, three of^^cers and a surgec^n taken prisoners, the latter and two of the former wounded : a sergeant and five rank and file killed, five Avounded and thirty-three made prisoners or missing ; in all forty four, besides officers.