Several smaller engagements occurred before the battle, including those on October 18th, at Pelham Manor and Pell's Point, in Pelham Manor, where 4,000 British and Hessian troops defeated 750 American troops, under the command of Colonel John Glover, who were trying to delay their advance, and this engagement ended with 25 British and Hessian casualties, and 8 American troops killed and 13 wounded. On October 22nd, there was an engagement, in Mamaroneck, during the night, in which 750 men of the American Delaware Battalion, under the command of Colonel John Haslet, attacked the encampment of 400 of the British Loyalist Queen's Rangers Regiment, under the command of Major Robert Rogers, which resulted in 25 Loyalist troops being killed and 31 being captured, and two flags, muskets, and supplies were also captured. The Loyalist soldiers that were killed in this engagement were buried in an orchard, near a school house that served as the headquarters of Major Rogers.
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After the battle, on November 1st, another engagement occurred in White Plains, on Miller Hill, north of Chatterton's Hill, which the American troops had fortified with redoubts, despite most of the British and American gunpowder being ruined by rain, during the night. This hill was part of the North Castle Hills, where American Major General Charles Lee, a former British Army officer, had, reportedly, thought the American defensive position should have been, instead of Chatterton's Hill. On November 5th, the British retreated to Dobbs Ferry, while the Americans burned the village of White Plains, during the night, on the order of Major Jonathan W. Austin, from the Massachusetts Militia, which resulted in his discharge from the American Army.
One source has reported that 28 American troops were killed and 126 were wounded, in the battle, while another source has reported that there were 25 killed, 52 were wounded, and 16 were missing. For British casualties, one source has reported 35 British troops were killed, 120 were wounded, and 1 was missing, while other sources have put the British casualties between 180 and 313 and Hessian casualties at 12 killed, 62 wounded, and 2 missing, with 500 total casualties for both sides.
Part of the battlefield is now a park with a playground. Signs commemorating the battle are present, along with a map of the battle.
American Major General Charles Lee. |
A view, from about halfway up Chatterton's Hill, looking down towards the Bronx River and the Bronx River Parkway that now runs along side it. The British troops crossed this river at ford, nearby. |
A view of the American left flank, as viewed from near the top of Chatterton's Hill and from the direction of the British advance. |
The American left flank, as viewed from the direction of the British advance. This position was held by the 19th Continental Connecticut Regiment, under the command of Colonel Webb, and during the British artillery barrage, one cannon ball killed two of its soldiers and wounded two others, one of them mortally. The Delaware Battalion, under the command of Colonel John Haslet, and the 1st and 3rd New York Regiments, under the command of Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, held the center of the American line. The Delaware Battalion had initially fled, during the opening shots of the battle, and had to be rallied. The American right flank included the Maryland Regiment, under Colonel Smallwood. |
The direction of the British advance, as viewed from the American left flank. |
Part of the American line, as viewed from the direction of the Hessian advance on the American right flank. |
Part of the American line, as viewed from the American left flank and looking towards the direction of the Hessian advance. The Hessians, reportedly, had to cross a burning field, to reach the American position. |
The path of the American retreat, down Dobbs Ferry Road (now Battle Avenue). |
Heathcote Hill, in Mamaroneck, where the American Delaware Battalion defeated the British Loyalist Queen's Rangers Regiment, in a skirmish, on October 22, 1776. A church nows stands on the spot of the British encampment. |
Heathcote Hill, in Mamaroneck. |
A sign, on the battlefield, commemorating the Battle of Whie Plains. |
A sign, on the battlefield, commemorating the Battle of Whie Plains. |
A sign, on the battlefield, commemorating the Battle of Whie Plains. |
