There was but one other approach to them, about a mile above their position, through a boggy causeway, and over a bridge of planks.

It was nearly midnight when Marion's troops reached this pass.

While the horses were crossing the bridge, an alarm-gun was heard from the Tory camp.

Celerity now became as necessary to success as caution, and Marion ordered his men to follow him at full gallop.

When they reached the main road, about three hundred yards from the enemy, the whole force, with the exception of a small body acting as cavalry, dismounted.