[margin: 1845,] [margin: (Hopkins)] September 16. - John Romer of Greenburgh: "In the end of July 1779, Captain Hopkins with a detach- -ment of Moylan's and Sheldon's lay in the neighborhood of Young's house, probably north and east of it, between said house and the Episcopal church and Bedford. Hopkins hearing that Bearmore was out, formed an ambuscade for him in a woods which is adjacent to the West Plains and Tarrytown road, and near the Saw Mill river road. Hopkins was misinformed, for Bearmore was not out there, but Colonel Emmerich had marched from below with a strong party consisting of part of his own and of the Green Yagers, horse and foot, and was endeavoring to draw this de- -tachment of Moylan's corps within his reach. Emmerich's party was near five hundred strong and were moving to way- -lay all the roads. Hopkins ignorant of all this had gone down (probably ?) by a by road leading by Avery's or Every's house and mill and which came out near Young's About daylight (Sunrise) a portion of the enemy advanced near Hopkins, and was[page break] [margin: 1845,] charged by ten or twelve of his men and driven as far as Young's where they were supported by Emmerich's horse, but many of them had surrendered before they reached Young's. Emmerich now charged the small party of Moylan's under Capt. Pike, and drove them near a quarter of a mile when Hopkins came up with his whole detachment and drove them to Young's, [a quarter of a mile below ?] Emmerich and his party would have been taken and destroyed, had not a body of Yagers come up who [by Emmerich's order - "Fire! mine Yagers, fire!" fired (from behind a stone wall.)] Emmerich behaved with courage, but his horse was seized with a fit of coughing He could have been killed by Hopkins' men but they were desirous of taking him prisoner.