Monochord
in music, an ancient instrument with one string which was played as a guitar; it grew into a manichord, in which numerous strings were played by quills. Also a single string streched across a board or soundboard, General Washington, having overtaken under which a movable bridge can be the British forces which had previously evacuated Philadelphia for the purpose of embarking at Sandy Hook, ordered the advance, under General Charles Lee, to attack the enemy. The Americans were at first successful, but from some unknown cause they were seized with a panic, and fell back to the main body.
General Washington, with the latter succeeded in rallying the fugitives, and repulsed the British. The American loss was 69 killed and 160 wounded; that of the British, nearly 300 killed and 100 prisoners, including the wounded.