later on effectual as i before that the he at first met with will p hu ruin l your be lo be hi of conduct which of others is most lo u � i m acting in this will certainly afford room rise on our part and expose his parties lo hazard c we be so happy at lo cut one of off though it should not four or six hundred men it would the add m of be happiest effects i on the th september a division of the array of s and a body of light i colonel together strong marched out to an advanced post next day general putting himself t the right wing of the british line which the and light under rat i and col man with some ind an and advanced american left wing m mc intervening woods do great extent while major and pi hi he great road and meadows by the river side i some of the parties fell in with those of british and with great boldness commenced the attack about i general supported his men with t ie which and repeatedly in course of tin action from half until about half p i i o i the raged with at about it became general both armies e other in the most and exertion i to secure of the day a continual fire was on i side for three hours without each party occupied the ground in dispute and was alternately from it the st and british suffered considerably by i close and fire throughout the latter being reduced from i fi both m of two � i ma � tb � a aa t iv i vol i p � of ne a it mi nt of men it left la less than x t or j i th� on american s and with of the d ind d new i and d york th th loth and the the colonel h greatly itself of thi new regiment a most active brave led on his men close to the enemy witli great l he gave to fire good effects plan he had a the action at s hill and on this occasion he had the of u repetition of hem hi severe conflict with the lay it wait ed by a in attack and defence such as had do parallel during the war and closed without any of position in the armies officers of the army in all the engagements in which they had been in i they never knew so long and so hot a fire general ne relating the ac count of the battle of tn im state of the i the following testimony to tin conduct on both sides the action which ensued on the tb of september my a of the of my and i must in truth acknowledge a very share of in the army of the enemy the loss of british on this occasion was upwards of in killed wounded and prisoners the american loss to killed ul wounded and missing in officers included after the action general under the necessity of not only for powder but all the and other lead that could be procured for making bullets also fell short the army was never for more than three s at a time and on the day of action was entirely destitute tlie supply not ing till the at this period general gates s force amounted to about men general who had been detached for t ic of bring ing up the collecting front the north parts ol new england not having joined the british army next their right and extended their left to the brow of die heights so as to cover the meadows through which the and where their and hospital were placed general gates meantime was in left by covered with strong from the september to the ih october the were so close to each other that not pa without firing and sometimes attacks upon the british advanced no party t c sent out from s camp without strong covering gates adopted the policy of the enemy by constant and on joined b a with about followed by te i ct tm � vi � � � � thus lo d his opponent w ih il i� a ax � � capture o the � m of being relieved strong force from the army mt york but the intended � bj sion in h� favor was delayed in of the i of from europe their arrival might ha altered the complexion of in general but just had ordered otherwise in the extreme in front a and tried army under commander � in rear a country with passes ca of y by men who had it to their power to pose to � and every avenue cut off for there remained but the ft hope of the expected co operation being undertaken in time to feet his to hold out as long a it the only and with this view the british was under of placing hu army oo reduced ance it the of october and still no intelligence h received of sir henry s advance the stock of pi in camp fast and no supply could be consequence of the arrangements of hit therefore to hazard a general action and i made a demonstration on the left of the american li view not only to attempt forcing a passage should it be to advance or of it for the convenience of retreat but also to cover a of the army it was from the guard of the camp n the heights wh left to and that on the and plain near the river to general himself and moved early in morning with a column of i o men m the right supported i two and six the i driven in by colonel s and the li fell back upon the 