Most of the horses and men around the first cannon were killed.

One horse and one gunner fell dead across its wheels.

Other horses, wounded and screaming with pain and fright, rushed into the dense undergrowth and were caught by the trailing vines and thrown down.

Some of the cavalrymen themselves were knocked out of the saddle by the fleeing horses, but they quickly regained their seats.
A second discharge from many guns sent another rain equally as deadly upon the hillock and its vicinity.

More men and horses fell, and a scene of wild confusion followed.