four hundred, principally the wounded, were made prisoners.

As must ever be the case in new raised armies, unused to danger, and
from which undeserving officers have not been expelled, their conduct
was not uniform. Some regiments, especially those which had served the
preceding campaign, maintained their ground with the firmness and
intrepidity of veterans, while others gave way as soon as they were
pressed. The authors of a very correct history of the war,[63]
speaking of this action, say, "a part of their troops, among whom were
particularly numbered some Virginia[64] regiments, and the whole corps
of artillery, behaved exceedingly well in some of the actions of this
day, exhibiting a degree of order, firmness, and resolution, and
preserving such a countenance in extremely sharp service, as would not
have discredited veterans. Some other bodies of their troops behaved
very badly."[65]

[Footnote 63: Annual Register.]

[Footnote 64: The third Virginia regiment commanded by
Colonel Marshall, which had performed extremely severe duty
in the campaign of 1776, was placed in a wood on the right,
and in front of Woodford's brigade, and Stephen's division.
Though attacked by much superior numbers, it maintained its
position without losing an inch of ground, until both its
flanks were turned, its ammunition nearly expended, and more
than half the officers, and one third of the soldiers were
killed and wounded. Colonel Marshall, whose horse had
received two balls, then retired in good order to resume his
position on the right of his division; but it had already
retreated.]