THEY RESCUE A BRAVE MAN
I felt easier in my mind after this talk. We stood among the branches, and fired at the heads that appeared above the breastwork.
These assaults were kept up all the afternoon. At five the most determined one took place, and some of the Highlanders succeeded in getting over the breastwork, only to be immediately bayoneted. Colonel Campbell was killed in the fort, and Major Campbell was badly wounded.
While this attack on the right was going on, we saw a provincial who had crept close to the breastwork, and was picking off the Frenchmen.
He was seen by them, and a man fired and wounded him. But he jumped up and brained the man with his hatchet. Then he fell down. It was a pity to let such a brave man lie there to be killed and scalped by the Indians.
I turned to Edmund and said, "Can't we get that man out of there?"
"I will do what you will."
I shouted to our men to cover us as well as they could by their fire, and we ran forward.
The Rangers advanced a little, and opened fire at every head that showed above the breastwork.
Edmund and I got through the abattis and ran up to the wall. We joined hands. The man sat on them, put his arms around our necks, and we ran off with him.