 Brigadier General Adam Stephen exchanged a series of irate letters with Erskine, who denied all responsibility for the incident.On February 8, 1777, General Cornwallis, with six British generals commanding a force of twelve battalions, about 2,000 troops, planned to attack the American militia, led by Colonel Charles Scott and the 5th Virginia Regiment, and Continentals led by Brigadier General Nathaniel Warner at Quibbletown, New Jersey, now New Market.However, the Americans refused to directly engage this foraging party, but attacked the flanks and rear as the British retreated to New Brunswick.