Having put Lee aside, Washington rallied the broken troops, brought them into position, turned them back, and held the enemy in check.

It was not an easy feat, but it was done, and when Lee's division again fell back in good order the main army was in position, and the action became general.

The British were repulsed, and then Washington, taking the offensive, drove them back until he occupied the battlefield of the morning.

Night came upon him still advancing.

He halted his army, lay down under a tree, his soldiers lying on their arms about him, and planned a fresh attack, to be made at daylight.