 A British force of 2,000 was repulsed by Maxwell in another well-organized attack a few weeks later.The ongoing tensions took their toll on the beleaguered British.Johann Ewald, captain of a company of German jägers (essentially light infantry) who were often on the front lines, observed that "the men have to stay dressed day and night ... the horses constantly saddled", and that "the army would have been gradually destroyed through this foraging".