Instead of perceiving everything in readiness for the assault, he saw his troops in battle array, but not a ladder or Fascine upon the field.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
When the troops got under arms, instead of bringing his battalion to the redoubt, where he had been instructed to find the ladders, he marched directly past it, and led them into the field without a single ladder or Fascine.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
In an instant the cross-bowmen found their targets among the Fascine bearers and the men-at-arms who were already swarming across.
"Cedric, the Forester"
Bernard Gay Marshall