It so happened that a body of about eight thousand British and Hessians were at the same moment advancing on the road before he could have reached the turn into the other road .
The road would have brought them in immediate contact with General Putnam .
It so happened that a body of about eight thousand British and Hessians were at the same moment advancing on the road , which would have brought them in immediate contact with General Putnam , before he could have reached the turn into the other road .