This was the battle of which one of the soldiers said afterwards, "At Monmouth the General swore like an angel from Heaven." He prevented disaster, but that could not reconcile him to the loss of the victory which had been almost within his grasp.

Those who witnessed it never forgot Washington's rage when he met Lee and asked him what he meant and then ordered him to the rear.

Washington prepared to renew the battle on the following day, but during the night Clinton withdrew his army, and by daylight was far on his way to the seacoast.
Washington followed up the coast and took up his quarters at White Plains..