Being caught between two fires, they thought discretion was the better part of valor, and fled in dismay.

And thus the grand "Army of the Irish Republic" melted away in disorganized mobs.
At Malone similar conditions existed, and the large number of Fenians assembled there were quickly dissolved by the United States troops and all their war material seized by the United States authorities.
A description of the fight at Eccles' Hill, as viewed from the Canadian side, is given in the succeeding chapter..