Jones of the Marines fell wounded, but rose again and rushed on with his men.

It was on these gallant marines, the men who are ready to fight anywhere and anyhow, moist or dry, that the heaviest loss fell.

When at last they made good their foothold upon the crest of that murderous hill they had left behind them three officers and eighty-eight men out of a total of 206--a loss within a few minutes of nearly 50 per cent.

The bluejackets, helped by the curve of the hill, got off with a toll of eighteen of their number.

Half the total British losses of the action fell upon this little body of men, who upheld most gloriously the honour and reputation of the service from which they were drawn.