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Then the general commanding the Hesse contingent was communicated with , and the colonel of the cavalry regiment to which Sir Richard Fulke belonged was sent for . He stated that Captain Fulke had been away on leave of absence for three days , and that he had gone to England . The regiment was , however , paraded , and it was found that five troopers were missing . No inquiry , however , could elicit from any of the others a confession that they had been engaged in any fray , and as all were reported as having been in by ten o'clock , except the five missing men , there was no clue as to the parties engaged . The five men might have deserted , but the grounds for suspicion were very strong . Still , as no proof could be obtained , the matter was suffered to drop . The affair caused , however , much bad feeling between the two regiments , and the men engaged in affrays when they met , until the order was issued that they should only be allowed leave into the town on alternate days .