Fisk Hill, Lexington

Pvt. Edmund Foster of the Reading Company of Militia remembered that, "The enemy were then rising and passing over Fiske's Hill. An officer, mounted on an elegant horse, and with a drawn sword in his hand, was riding backwards and forwards, commanding and urging on the British troops. A number of Americans behind a pile of rails raised their guns and fired with deadly effect. The officer fell, and the horse took fright, leaped the wall, and ran directly towards those who had killed his rider. The enemy discharged their musketry in that direction, but their fire took no effect." This final ambush caused all discipline and cohesion in the column to disappear. The Regulars ran toward Lexington.