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man with his horse prisoner, and put the rest to flight. The 

 enemy collected again and followed the Americans for some 

 time, but did not have the temerity to come again within 

 striking distance. 



On March fourth, Captain Honeywell, with a party of 

 volunteer horse, supported by some light infantry under Major 

 Woodbridge, made a raid to Morrisania, probably from infor- 

 mation obtained from two prisoners of De Lancey's force 

 taken the preceding day. The horse proceeded down between 

 Number Eight and the cantonments of the Westchester Light 

 Horse, and, having turned the latter between daybreak and 

 sunrise, entered pell-mell. The enemy were completely sur- 

 prised and fled in every direction ; some were cut down, others 

 were so badly wounded that they could not be removed as 

 prisoners. Several escaped and ran to positions where the 

 horse could not follow them and began to fire upon the attack- 

 ing party; this occasioned the firing of alarm guns by the fort. 

 The horse then withdrew, having nearly accomplished their 

 object, the capture of De Lancey, and carrying with them as 

 prisoners one subaltern, twenty privates, and the same number 

 of horses. The retirement was by way of the Eastchester 

 road, upon which Major Woodbridge had prepared an ambus- 

 cade. The enemy quickly gathered a party of horse and light 

 infantry and started in pursuit, but fell into the ambuscade, 

 which fired one or two volleys into them, when they broke and 

 retired, but soon reformed and returned to the charge. The 

 skirmishing continued for a considerable distance through 

 Eastchester. The Americans lost two privates killed and three 

 slightly wounded; the guide, Lieutenant Dyckman, was also 

 wounded mortally. The State of New York has honored his 

 memory, as well as that of Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher 

 Greene and Major Nathan Flagg of the Rhode Island Regi- 



