Pool, and a body of militia that pressed him hard on his retreat. Captain Knapp meanwhile having heard that a Continental force from New Jersey had landed at Tarrytown went in that direction to reconnoitre. During his absence a horseman came in at speed out of breath and his horse blown with intelligence that Kipp had seized a valuable drove of cattle which were in danger of being retaken by the enemy, and that unless immediate assistance was given the whole Refugee party would
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be captured. Knapp soon after returned and with the rest of his force went to Kipp's assistance. Knapp charged Sheldon's horse and drove them back in confusion. Lieut. Poole took to an open field pursued by Charles Leggett, a private of DeLancey's who called upon him to sur- -render. Looking back and seeing only one dragoon, Poole turned about, and aimed a blow at his pursuer which would probably have killed him if the sword had not turned in his hand, so that the blow took effect with the flat instead of the edge, inflicting upon his antagonist a bruise instead of a wound. Leggett instantly cut him in the sword arm, and before he could transfer his sword wounded him in the other arm also. After being much out, Poole surrendered and died from loss of blood that night. (?) About twenty or thirty of the cattle was driven into Morrisania and the rest were all retaken.
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