The convoy was attacked, and it was necessary to fall back to its support.

Until nightfall, around a bit of elevated ground--called Edge Hill by Bouquet--on which the convoy was drawn up, the battle was waged.

About the pack-horses and stores the soldiers valiantly fought for seven hours against their invisible foe.

At length darkness fell, and the exhausted troops could take stock of their losses and snatch a brief, broken rest.

In this day of battle two officers were killed and four wounded, and sixty of the rank and file were killed or wounded.
Flour-bags were piled in a circle, and within this the wounded were placed.