It was guarded by forty or fifty militia who lay upon the top of their faces, and when the Refugees advanced near enough rose up and poured upon them a sheet of fire. They instantly faced to the right about and retreated. It was cold and the ground frozen. The advance of the Refugees was expected and the sentry in advance put his ear to the ground and heard the approach of the enemy a mile off. Two miles north of Sherwood's Bridge
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a branch of the Byram comes in from the East. When the guard at Sherwood's Bridge was cut off by Bermore or Emmerick (?) the enemy crossed Jabez Sherwood's log bridge and guided by Davis Peck made a circuit and so gained the White Plains and Horseneck road half a mile east of Sherwood's Bridge where there is now a pair *pr.* of bars. Here Davis Peck left them. It was always said the British gave him $50. for piloting them. The guard was then attacked in front and rear at the same time. When Colonel Wells was taken off the Refugees also crossed the Jabez Sherwood log bridge which was half a mile above Sherwood's Bridge.