"They can't stop such brave men as ours!" But the fire of the French and the savages was increasing in volume and accuracy.

The bullets and cannon balls of the English and Americans fired almost at random were passing over their heads, but the great column of scarlet and blue on the trail formed a target which the leaden missiles could not miss.

Continually shouting the war whoop, exultant now with the joy of expected triumph, the savages hovered on either flank of Braddock's army like a swarm of bees, but with a sting far more deadly.

The brave and wily Beaujeu had been killed in the first minute of the battle, but St.Luc, Dumas and Ligneris, equally brave and wily, directed the onset, and the huge Tandakora raged before his warriors.
The head of the British column was destroyed, and the three crept back toward Gage's regulars, but the fire of the enemy was now spreading along both flanks of the column to its full length.

Robert remembered the warning words of St.Luc.Every twig and leaf in the forest was spouting death.