June 11, 1777
The Commander in Chief came from Amboy to Brunswick, joining on the road the escort of the provision train, consisting of the 7th, 26th and part of the 71st Regiments.
12th
Several regiments from Amboy and Bonham Town joined the Army at Brunswick, and encamped on the heights above the town and bridges. The Army to take the field was brigaded- vide orders.
13th
The Army ordered to march in one column. The First Division under the command of Lieutenant General Earl Cornwallis, the second under Lieutenant General DeHeister. For the order of march and the General Officers and Brigades assigned to each Division, see the Orders of this day.
Distribution of Corps into Brigades the 12th of June, 1777
1st Brigade
Lt. Col. Trelawney
1st, 23rd, 40th Battalion Guards
2nd Brigade
Brig. Gen. Agnew
4th, 15th, 44th
3rd Brigade
Lt. Col. Markham
10th, 27th, 46th
4th Brigade
Lt. Colonel Mawhood
17th, 35th, 64th
The 1st and 3rd Brigade commanded by Major-General Vaughan; the 2nd and 4th Brigade commanded by Major-General Grey.
From the Orders it appeared that the First Division was to form in column of march on the Princeton Road at 11 o'clock in the evening, but with respect to the Second Division, altho' it was expressed they were to strike tents, no place of rendezvous was appointed, nor were they directed to form in column, tho' the order of march was given. General DeHeister had understood he was included in the Order given to the First Division to assemble on the Princeton Road, and purposed bringing up his column in the rear of Lord Cornwallis's. General Grey, on the other hand, abiding by the letter of the Order, thought we were to remain on our ground till further Orders should be received. The Adjutant General (*this must have been Andre himself) gave the latter explanation to it. The Second Division struck tents in the evening and lay on their arms.
14th
At daylight Lord Cornwallis's Division having begun to move, a message was sent intimating it had been expected the the Second Division would have been already formed in the rear of the First. At 6 o'clock the Second Division would have been already formed in the rear of the First. At 6 o'clock the Second Division, being formed in order of march on the Princeton Road, began to move. Lord Cornwallis, having exchanged a few shots with a flying party of the Rebels at ye Millstone (Hillsborough or Somerset Court House), repaired the Bridge which they had begun breaking down, and crossing the river hutted on the heights of the Western bank. The Second Division hutted at Middlebush, six miles from Brunswick and two from the Millstone.
15th
We changed the disposition of the Troops at Middlebrush. Distribution of the part of the Army not moving with the main body:
Rhode Island
Major General Prescott
Hessian: Stirn, Ditfurth, Huyne, Bunow
British: 22nd, 43rd, 54th (New York)
York Island
Lt. General Knyphausen
Hessians at Kings Bridge: 45th, 63rd, Hereditary Pr., Trumbach, Pr. Charles
Hessians at Independence: Stein, Block, Weissenbach
Amboy
Colonel Eybe
55th British
Battalion of Anspach
Waldeckers
Brunswick
Brigadier General Matthew
7th, 26th, 35th, 38th
Guards, Remains of Raille's Hessian Brigade
The Piquets were ordered to be relieved in future at daybreak- to have a double piquet at that hour.
Great symptoms of a disposition to plunder being perceived in the Troops, the Commander-in-chief sent a message to General DeHeister, desiring him to warn the Hessians not to persist in such outrages, as they would be most severely punished. Most of the Brigades received the same instructions from the Officers commanding them.
16th
Two Sergeants of the Light Dragoons and one trooper were either killed or taken prisoner this morning. They were on a patrole. This morning at daybreak we began throwing up three redoubts near Headquarters and the provision train. Twelve hundred with a proportionable number of officers were employed on this duty. The Troops desisted working at the redouts at 11 o'clock at night. It was reported that the Rebel Army had quitted the heights above Bound Brook.