It was a brilliant opportunity to capture or destroy eight hundred British troops led by a dashing naval officer, Captain Mulcaster.

Boyd lived up to his reputation, which was such that Jacob Brown had refused to serve under him.

At this engagement of Chrystler's Farm, with two thousand regulars at his disposal, he was unmercifully beaten.

Both Wilkinson and Morgan Lewis were flat on their backs, too feeble to concern themselves with battles.

The American troops fought without a coherent plan and were defeated and broken in detail.