The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

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led them on, had the misfortune to be wounded and
to be made prisoner. Nothing more occurred on that
day.
On Friday night the enemy changed their ground,
and moved to our left, within a mile of our line, where
they remained quiet and advantageously posted the
whole of the next day. On Sunday they inclined still
further to our left; and, from every appearance, there
was reason to apprehend they were determined on an
action. In this movement, their advanced and flanking
parties were warmly attacked by Colonel Morgan and
his corps, and also by the Maryland militia under
Colonel Gist. Their loss I cannot ascertain; but I am
informed it was considerable, having regard to the number of the corps who engaged them. About sunset,
after various marches and countermarches, they halted;
and I still supposed, from their disposition and preceding manceuvres, that they would attack us in the night
or early the next morning; but in this I was mistaken.
On Monday afternoon they began to move again, and,
instead of advancing, filed off from their right; and the
first certain account that I could obtain of their intentions was, that they were in full march towards Philadelphia by two or three routes. I immediately detached
light parties after them to fall upon their rear; but they
were not able to come up with them.
The enemy's loss, as I have observed, I cannot ascertain. One account from the city is, that five hundred
wounded had been sent in; another is, that eighty-two
wagons had gone in with men in this situation. These,
I fear, are both exaggerated, and not to be depended
upon. We lost twenty-seven men in Morgan's corps,
killed and wounded, besides Major Morris, a brave and
gallant officer, who is among the latter. Of the Maryland militia there were also sixteen or seventeen
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