 De Lancey himself was called the "Outlaw of the Bronx".Forces under Delancy ambushed and killed Colonel Christopher Greene and Major Ebenezer Flagg of the Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army at the Battle of Pine's Bridge on May 14, 1781.From one account of the attack, "his body was found in the woods, about a mile distant from his tent, cut, and mangled in the most shocking way."