ome confusion, and in a few
moments the enemy retreated. We pursued them to the edge of the
heights, when Colonel M'Donell had his horse shot from under
him, and himself was mortally wounded. In the interim, General
Brock, in attempting to rally his forces, was killed, when the
enemy dispersed in every direction. As soon as it was
practicable, I formed the troops in a line on the heights
fronting the village, and immediately detached flanking
parties, which consisted of Captain Machesney, of the 6th
regiment, Lieutenant Smith and Ensign Grosvenor, with a small
detachment of riflemen, who had that moment arrived; at the
same time, I ordered Lieutenant Ganesvoort and Lieutenant
Randolph, with a detachment of artillery, to drill out an
18-pounder which had been previously spiked, and, if possible,
to bring it to bear upon the village. The wounded and prisoners
I ordered to be collected, and sent to the guard-house. About
this time, which was about three or four o'clock in the
afternoon, Lieut.-Colonel Christie arrived, and took the
command. He ordered me across the river to get my wounds
dressed. I remained a short time. Our flanking parties had been
driven in by the Indians; but General Wadsworth and other
officers arriving, we had a short skirmish with them, and they
retreated, and I crossed the river."

[NOTE.--Captain Wool, in stating that he was opposed to four companies
of the 49th, _only_ doubled the number of companies; but this
exaggeration is a trifle compared with the following gross and
_hudibrastic_ mis-statements, relative to the battle of Queenstown in
"Ramsay's History of the United States," viz: "The 49th British
regiment, signalized in Egypt under Colonel, since Lieut.-General,
Brock, and usually called the 'Egyptian Invincibles,' was among the
prominent corps, and was led by its favorite commander. In the second
engagement, this regiment of British regulars, 600 strong, encountered a
body of 320 American regulars, supported by a few militia and
volunteers, the whole under Colonel Chrystie. They mutually resorted to
the bayonet, and after a bloody conflict, the famous invincibles yielded
to the superior energy of their antagonists, although the latter were so
far inferior in numbers. They were rallied by Lieut.-General Brock, who
was killed in conducting them a second time to the charge. The American
prisoners were k