"They've sent out a flanking force of their own! It was clever of St.Luc!" All the rangers dropped on their faces instantly, but as they went down they gave back the fire of the flanking party.

Robert caught a glimpse of De Courcelles, who evidently was leading it, and pulled trigger on him, but the Frenchman turned aside at that instant, and his bullet struck a St.Regis Indian who was just behind him.

Now the return volley of the rangers was very deadly.

Two Frenchmen were slain here and four warriors, and De Courcelles, who had not expected on his circling movement to meet with a new force, was compelled to give back.

He and his warriors quickly disappeared in the forest, leaving their dead behind them, and Willet with his own little force moved on triumphantly, soon joining his strength to that of the rangers on the left.
The combined force hurled itself upon St.Luc's flank and crumpled it up, at the same time uttering triumphant shouts which were answered from the right and center, rangers and Mohawks on all fronts now pressing forward, and sending in their bullets from every covert.