They will have nothing to tell there which is not known already.

The Rangers slay men in fair fight, but they do not butcher prisoners." The thing was done.

Rogers' commands were carried out, and in cautious single file the band of Rangers crept through the forest by devious tracks known to themselves, keeping eyes and ears ever on the alert.
"Have a care!" came the warning cry of Charles at last; "I hear the cocking of guns." The words had hardly passed his lips before a volley blazed out from the bushes, and many a bold Ranger fell as he stood, shot through the heart.
"Steady, men--and fire!" cried Rogers, speaking as coolly as though a hail storm and not one of hot lead was raining about them.

Blood was running down his cheek from a graze on the temple; and Fritz felt for the first time the stinging sensation in his arm which he had heard described so many times before.
In a moment they had spread themselves out in the best possible manner, retreating upon the hill they had just descended, and covering themselves with the trees, from behind which they fired with unerring accuracy.

Stark and some of his men were at the top of the hill, having been the rear guard of the company.