[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 …

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 o…

Their prisoners in these rapid evolutions had all escaped but three. In this dilemma their guide, a bold and skillful man (Isaac Webbers) led them through the fields by a short cut east of the Bridge and Mill Pond and conducted them with the three re- -maining prisoners and four horses taken in safety to the Post-road. Emmerich dashed up the Post-road in pursuit and was at first mistaken by the Ya…

When Hopkins attempted to retreat he was almost surrounded, the enemy being in possession of Young's House and the adjacent roads, the White Plains road, the road to Twitching's corner and the North River road. A detach- -ment of Yagers horse and foot had gone[page break] [margin: 1845,] up the Twitching's or North Castle or Saw Mill river road, and not finding any of Hopkins's party there, had tu…

Hopkins crossed the fields, Emmerick pushed up the Post-road intending to head them him and cut off his retreat, but when he approached the Yager infantry they mistook him for an enemy and fired upon his troop. The confusion caused by this mistake, much facilitated Hopkins' escape who regained the Post-road above the bridge with three prisoners and four horses, and thinking themselves then safe, a…

Thompson's out -guard was at Grendahl Allaire's on the east side of the Sprain road about half a mile south of Youngs. This outpost was eight or ten in number - a sergeant's guard and supposed at first they could defend themselves, but were surrounded and all taken but one who escaped on Snow shoes across the fields. Thompson had 80 or 100 snow shoes, and was urged either to put them on his men an…

His object in this as was said at the time, was to secure a safe retreat in case they sustained a repulse at Youngs. Norton retreated, as he had advanced by the Sprain and Turkeyhoe roads leaving some of the wounded Americans in some houses on the road, but where in particular I don't know. When I saw these wounded they were being removed on the road between Youngs and White Plains. John Paulding …