Major General Gray was detached to surprise him, and effectually accomplished his purpose.
About eleven, in the night of the 20th, his pickets, driven in with charged bayonets, gave the first intimation of Gray's approach.

Wayne instantly formed his division; and while his right sustained a fierce assault, directed a retreat by the left, under cover of a few regiments who, for a short time, withstood the violence of the shock.
In his letter to the Commander-in-chief, he says that they gave the assailants some well-directed fires which must have done considerable execution; and that, after retreating from the ground on which the engagement commenced, they formed again, at a small distance from the scene of action; but that both parties drew off without renewing the conflict.

He states his loss at about one hundred and fifty[66] killed and wounded.

The British accounts admit, on their part, a loss of only seven.
[Footnote 66: The British accounts represent the American loss to have been much more considerable.

It probably amounted to at least three hundred men.] When the attack commenced, General Smallwood, who was on his march to join Wayne, a circumstance entirely unexpected by General Gray, was within less than a mile of him; and, had he commanded regulars, might have given a very different turn to the night.