In two instances, where two of the patriots were firing at the same man, and seeing him fall, the second one had to quickly change from his sighted object and seek another.  A sentinel placed near the spot to which they had advanced, appeared to be alarmed, although he had not seen them, probably thinking of the fate of others in his situation around the camp of Cornwallis in Charlotte.  Nor were his fears unduly excited.

Captain Thompson, at the distance of seventy or seventy-five yards, killed him instantly, when his companions, with a precision of aim equally fatal, laid low on the earth his respective foe.  To Captain Thompson is also ascribed the honor of mortally wounding the commanding officer, when he was standing near the barn door.  He was conveyed to Charlotte, with several others in similar condition, in one of the foraging wagons, and died of the wound received, at the house of Samuel McCombs, two days after.  When the smoke rose, after the first discharge of the rifles, the commander, nine men and two horses lay dead or wounded on the ground.  The trumpets immediately sounded a recall.  But by the time the scattered dragoons had collected and formed, a straggling fire from a different direction, into which the patriots had extended, showed the unerring aim of each American marksman, and greatly increased the confusion of the surprise.  Perfectly acquainted with every foot of the grounds, the patriots constantly changed their position, giving in their fire as they loaded, so that it appeared to the British they were surrounded by a large force.  When that portion of Doyle’s command who had proceeded forward to forage upon other farms heard the firing, they immediately returned to the assistance of his party at McIntyre’s branch.  Every preparation for defence, attack and retreat was made by the Americans.  The alternate hilly and swampy grounds and thickets, with woods on both sides of the public road, baffled the efficient action of the British dragoons.  Some dismounted, while others called out to “set on the hounds” against a foe scarcely visible, except from their deadly effects.  The dogs, at first, seemed to take the track, and were followed by the soldiers.  The foremost hound approached very near one of the patriots who had just discharged his rifle, and was in full retreat after his companions; but as soon as the hound came near with open mouth, he was shot dead by a pistol drawn from the breast of the rifleman.  The next hound stopped at the dead body, and, after smelling it, gave a whining howl, and the whole pack retreated from the contest.

A considerable number of the dragoons were killed.  The leading horses in the wagons were killed before they could ascend the hill, thus blocking up the road.  Many of the soldiers in charge of the wagons cut loose some of the uninjured animals, and galloped after their retreating comrades.  The precise loss of the British is not known.  It is believed, however, from reliable tradition, that they had at least twenty killed and a few wounded.