7. of Refugees as well as Yager Cavalry. Sept. 15th Captain John Romer Captain Pray was in ambuscade with a party a little above Mr. Beekman's when Ogden surprised Reguas. At Tarrytown they killed Israel Martling. John Van Tassel was posted as Sentinel near the house and challenged the enemy who charged. He fired, defended himself with his bayonet, but was surrounded and cut to pieces by the drag…

They at the same time took off the horses, cattle and flocks of the place and burnt the houses.- After they had fired the houses, a soldier took an infant out in a blanket and deposited it in a safe place and then in- =formed the mother who was seeking it in the flames. An American Out Guard had been for some time missed at these houses which occasioned their destruction! The Commanding Officer ha…