ten o'clock
The grenadiers and a company of the 40th presently moved out against the assailants , and the French then fell back . General Menou , finding that all his attacks had failed , now called off his troops . Fortunately for them the artillery ammunition was now exhausted , but they lost a good many men by the fire of some British cutters , which had during the whole action maintained their position a short distance in advance of the British right , and greatly aided the defenders of the redoubt by their fire . By ten o'clock the action was over . Until the firing ceased altogether Sir Ralph Abercrombie remained in the battery paying no attention to his wounds , and , indeed , the officers who came and went with orders were ignorant that he had been hit . Now , however , faint with loss of blood , he could maintain his position no longer , and was placed in a hammock and carried down to the shore , and rowed off to the flagship . As soon as the French had withdrawn , attention was paid to the wounded .