Very fine morning. This day the enemy advanced on us. Our encampment struck at sunset. All the Continental Troops marched in order to surprise a party of Tarleton's horse. We continued till day light, but on our arrival found they had gone some hours—13 miles.
SOURCE: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Publisher, Journal of Lieut. William Feltman, of the First Pennsylvania Regiment, 1781-82, p. 4
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