Vergor leaped from his bed, and tried to run off, but was shot in the heel and captured.

His men, taken by surprise, made little resistance.

One or two were caught, but the rest fled.
The main body of the troops were waiting, for the most part, in the boats by the edge of the bank.

Not a word was spoken as the men listened, almost breathlessly, for a sound which would tell them whether the enterprise had succeeded.

Suddenly the stillness was broken by the musketry on the top of the heights, followed by a loud British cheer.