He thereupon reconnoitred carefully a second time and at length about two o'clock in the afternoon, proceeded to the attack at the head of his whole force. He moved forward with great caution, secured on the flanks, by guards of nearly two hundred men each; having three or four pieces of cannon in his front, and advancing with music and all the military pomp and circumstance that were at his command. Per-ceiving that Arnold was most vulnerable upon the left, his proceedings were directed towards that quarter, and the American general soon found himself upon the point of being out-flanked. The British commander slowly marched against the barricade, with the main body, which halted from time to time for the purpose of cannonading. Meanwhile a strong detachment moved forward briskly, under cover of an orchard, and crossing some low grounds, began to mount the rocks that protected Arnold's position upon the west. For the space of ten minutes the Americans maintained their ground in the midst of an incessant fire of musketry. Spurring to the spot where the British had been striving to effect a lodgment, Arnold was leading forward some volunteers to drive his assailants from the ledge, where they had just established themselves, when the latter fired simultaneously at the dis-tance of about thirty yards. The volley mortally wounded the horse of the American general and threw the greater part of his men into confusion. The dying charger fell upon his knees but Arnold remained motionless in the saddle. Those who saw him supposed him to be badly wounded. Sud-