. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. g assailed by militia underGeneral Dickinson. The New Jersey troops, thus forced back, weremet by Lee advancing, and, reforming, engagedthe British rear, which had been reinforced. Lee,attempting to decoy the British rear from themain army, indulged in a number of strategicmovements, which being misunderstood by hismen disheartened them, and a retreat ensued. Asthe soldiers retired in confusion, they were met,says a Whig newspaper account of the time, byGeneral Washington with the main army, whichformed on the first advant
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. g assailed by militia underGeneral Dickinson. The New Jersey troops, thus forced back, weremet by Lee advancing, and, reforming, engagedthe British rear, which had been reinforced. Lee,attempting to decoy the British rear from themain army, indulged in a number of strategicmovements, which being misunderstood by hismen disheartened them, and a retreat ensued. Asthe soldiers retired in confusion, they were met,says a Whig newspaper account of the time, byGeneral Washington with the main army, whichformed on the first advantageous ground * * *In the meantime two field pieces, covered by tworegiments of the detachment, and commanded byColonels Livingston and Stewart, were advancedto check the enemys approach, which they per-formed with great spirit and with considerableloss on both sides. This service being performed,they retired with the pieces to the front line, thencompleatly formed, when the severest cannonadebegan that it is thought ever happened in Amer-ica. 208 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. It was then that the famous scene betweenWashington and Lee took place. Few but heatedwere the words of the indignant commander-in-chief. Rallying the panic-stricken soldiers, Greenewas assigned the right, Stirling the left, ere anengagement took place which reddened the ravinewith blood, and gave to Molly Pitcher a name fa-mous in Revolutionary annals as the bravest wom-an in New Jerseys history. The rear of Clintonsarmy, failing to silence the battery of Duplessisor to dislodge Wayne, finally gave way and joinedthe main army. Thus the Whig newspaper con-tinues the story of the end of the day: The intense heat of the weather, and the preceding fatigue ofthe troops made it necessary to halt them to rest, the enemy inthe meantime presenting a front about one mile advanced beyondthe seat of action. As soon as the troops had recovered breath,Gen. Washington ordered two brigades to advance upon each oftheir flanks, in
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