He ordered a regiment of foot to creep along the ditch, which they did without being discovered until they were close upon the enemy.
General O'Hara, the English commander, mistook them for some of his own allies, and, rushing out to give them some direction, was wounded and made prisoner.

The English were dispirited when they lost their general; they retreated, and the French were at liberty to set about the repair of their battery.

In this affair much blood was shed.

Napoleon himself received a bayonet-thrust in his thigh, and fell into the arms of Muiron, who carried him off the field.

Such was the commencement of their brotherly friendship.