Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 348
to hold this position. A contest here would have been madness. They hadno cavalry. The enemy outnumbered them ten to one.The guns were fired upon the advancing column, andthen the order was given for retreat. In the van of Tryons forces rode Delanceys corps,composed of Tories from Westchester… … A Dragoon. few Continentals withdrew from the field, and Putnamstarted his horse for Stamford to obtain reinforcements.Along the frozen highway ring the steel-shod hoofs ofthe Continental charger. Thun-dering on a swift pursuit, ridethe emenys dragoons.The unexpected prizeis almost within…
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