A body of picked men, under Captain Waties, was ordered down the road to attack Dollard's house, where the Tories had been posted.

Two companies, under Col.

Hugh Horry, were sent to the right, and the cavalry to the left, to support the attack, Marion himself bringing up the reserve.

It so happened, however, that the Tories had taken the alarm, and having withdrawn from the house, had chosen a strong position in an old field near it.

Here they encountered Horry's command, on the advance, with a fire equally severe and unexpected.