. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. Lord George Germaine makes no mention ofany plan of general engagement, and his disapproval, in general ordersthe next day, of the conduct of the light company in pursuing therebels without proper discretion and without support, is presumptiveevidence that no general movement was contemplated, and further cor-roboration of this view is found in the statement of the Lieutenant of theFifth Foot, that his regiment was trotted out about three miles to sup-port a battalion of light infantry, which had imprudently advanced so farwithout supp
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. Lord George Germaine makes no mention ofany plan of general engagement, and his disapproval, in general ordersthe next day, of the conduct of the light company in pursuing therebels without proper discretion and without support, is presumptiveevidence that no general movement was contemplated, and further cor-roboration of this view is found in the statement of the Lieutenant of theFifth Foot, that his regiment was trotted out about three miles to sup-port a battalion of light infantry, which had imprudently advanced so farwithout support as to be in great danger of being cut off. To return to Mrs. Lambs description. She says : Before daylightWashington was in the saddle—an assertion for which there is nowarrant. On the contrary, the presumptive evidence is conclusive thathe was in the early morning engaged in his correspondence. His letterof the i6th to the President of Congress was written early in the morn-ing, before he knew of any encounter. His letter of the i8th, also to the. New York Island, from McGowans Pass to the Roger Morris House. THE BATTLE OF HARLEM PLAINS 363 President of Congress, and giving an account of the affair of the i6th,says that it was about the time of the posts departure that the rumorof the appearance of the enemy was brought in. Reed, his Adjutant-General, in his letter of the 17th, confirms this, saying that it was afterhe had sealed his letter and sent it away that the account came was on this news coming in that Washington says he rode down tothe advance post, to put matters in a proper situation should they (theBritish) attempt to come on. Mrs. Lamb asserts that his (Washingtons) first important act was tosend Knowlton with a picked company of one hundred and twenty mento learn the position of and, if practicable, take the enemys advanceguard. For this, also, there is no authority. Washingtons words ofthe morning of the i6th are : I have sent out some reconnoitring
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