All order in the British ranks disappeared as the regulars rushed to escape the fire of Parker’s troops.
However, they were still not out of danger as new, fresh companies of militia and minutemen pressed to close with the British column. Fiske’s Hill, the last elevation before Lexington, stood in their way.
" 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.
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Pvt. Edmund Foster
Sources
Reports and Documents, 86th United States Congress, Volume 14, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1960.), 52.
