The boarders from the Bronx attacked them in the rear while they were fully occupied with the boarders in front of them.

The officers of the enemy behaved with distinguished gallantry, and urged their men forward with the most desperate enthusiasm.

They struck hard blows, and several of the boarders belonging to the consort had fallen, to say nothing of wounds that did not entirely disable others.

Some of the men belonging to the Arran, doubtless shipped on the other side of the ocean or at the Bermudas, were disposed to shirk their duty, though their officers held them well up to the work.
One of the brave officers who had done the boarders a good deal of mischief fell at a pistol shot from Mr.Amblen; this loss of his leadership caused a sensible giving way on the part of his division, and his men began to fall back.

The other officers, including the captain, who fought with a heavy cutlass, held out for a short time longer; but Christy saw that it was slaughter.
The captain of the Arran was the next to go down, though he was not killed.