In its commencement, two regiments of militia, which lay within two miles of Colonel Warner, were ordered to his assistance.
Instead of obeying these orders, they consulted their own safety, and hastened to Castletown.

Had these orders been executed, the corps which attacked Warner would probably have been cut to pieces.

While the action was maintained with equal spirit on both sides, General Reidisel arrived with his division of Germans, and the Americans were routed.
In this action, Colonel Francis, several other officers, and upwards of two hundred men were left dead on the field; and one colonel, seven captains, ten subalterns, and two hundred and ten privates were made prisoners.

Near six hundred are supposed to have been wounded, many of whom must have perished in attempting to escape through the woods towards the inhabited country.

The British state their own loss at thirty-five killed, among whom was one field officer, and one hundred and forty-four wounded, including two majors, and five inferior officers.