He was asleep in the schoolhouse when the alarm was given, and immediately put himself at the head of his men, and fired several times very heavily upon the assailants who retreated. - In the morning of the 21st when Rogers was come upon the ground first, he a small skirmish with an Ameri- -can scouting party which he drove away. He was much censured for suffering himself to surprised, and, as I have heard, it was with reason he,
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he gave up the command of the Queens Rangers. He destroyed at Maroneck a very considerable quantity of rum and molasses which the Ameri- -cans could not remove for want of teams. The American party that attacked Rogers came across the fields [X] (but the cross road to the Quaker Meeting house was then in nearly its present state, not- -withstanding what Mr. Schofield says).
[X] This, also, Mr. Hall admits was, probably, a mistake.
he gave up the command of the Queens Rangers. He destroyed at Maroneck a very considerable quantity of rum and molasses which the Ameri- -cans could not remove for want of teams. The American party that attacked Rogers came across the fields [X] (but the cross road to the Quaker Meeting house was then in nearly its present state, not- -withstanding what Mr. Schofield says). [X] This, also, Mr. Hall admits was, probably, a mistake.