But when the dawn came it was seen that the British had crept off, and were far on their road.

The heat prevented a rapid pursuit, and Clinton got into New York.

Between there and Philadelphia he had lost at least two thousand men by desertions in addition to nearly five hundred who fell at Monmouth.
It is worth while to pause a moment and compare this battle with the rout of Long Island, the surprise at the Brandywine, and the fatal unsteadiness at Germantown.

Here, too, a check was received at the outset, owing to blundering which no one could have foreseen.

The troops, confused and without orders, began to retreat, but without panic or disorder.