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killed a dragoon’s horse. In order to prevent delay, which would 
have been occasioned by a deep ravine across the high road the troops 
were to pass, it was judged proper (as the corps left under the com¬ 
mand of Lieutenant-General Knyphausen was to wait at Haddonfield 
for the return of Colonel Prescott) to take advantage of this day’s 
halt to remove the park of artillery and provision train across the 
ravine, which was accordingly done, one Hessian and two provincial 
regiments being advanced to cover their front and flanks ; Lieutenant- 
General Knyphausen’s quarters still continuing at Haddonfield and 
the remainder of his division of the army in their former position. 
The first division of the army, which had moved forward the day be¬ 
fore under the immediate command of the Commander-in-chief, and 
had taken up their ground near Evesham, marched this day, the 20th, 
to Mount Holly, a remarkably strong and defensible post which it 
was judged the enemy might have endeavoured to occupy, General 
Maxwell having been long hovering about this part of the country 
with 1,500 or 2,000 men and some Jersey militia, but they early re¬ 
tired towards Bordenton and Trenton. The advanced guard of 
Brigadier-General Leslie’s corps, which was in front of the 1st division, 
fell in with a small party of them, who exchanged a few shots with a 
party of jagers, by which one jager was killed ou our part, and a cap¬ 
tain of the militia on that of the enemy. The army in their march of 
this day crossed Belly-bridge, Saw Mill branch, and Ancocas Creeks. 
The 2nd division of the army, under the command of Lieutenant- 
General Knyphausen, also marched this morning from their right in 
half divisions wherever the road would admit of it, the country 
which the army marched through becoming more open. The ad¬ 
vanced guard consisted of 200 British, followed by a detachment of 
the 17th dragoons, the British and Hessian infantry, the park of 
artillery, provision train and baggage, the rear-guard composed of 
one British and one Hessian regiment of foot and a party of the 16th 
regiment of dragoons; the flanks of the artillery, provision train and 
baggage being covered by the 10th regiment and the provincial corps 
of Chalmers and Clifton. This division arrived at their new ground 
near Moore’s Town (where Lieutenant-General Knyphausen and the 
General officers under his command fixed their quarters) about 9 
o’clock in the morning, and very soon after their arrival a very heavy 
rain fell which continued almost incessantly for 14 or 15 hours, and 
not only rendered the situation of the troops, who lay in temporary 
huts, very disagreeable, but also injured the roads, which had hitherto 
been sandy, but now became clayish; the division under Knyphausen, 
notwithstanding, marched the next morning (Sunday, the 21st) at 
3 o’clock, nearly in the same order of march as the day before, and 
joined the other division which had halted at Mount Holly, about 
9 o’clock in the morning. The whole army being again united at 
Mount Holly encamped in two lines, the division under Lieutenant- 
General Knyphausen forming in the rear of that which had taken 
post there the day before. 
June 22nd .—The army marched again in two divisions, the 1st under 
