At this critical stage, General Fraser rode back and forth among his men in a desperate effort to encourage them to make a stand and cover the developing British retreat. In spite of all that he could do, his troops continued to withdraw under the deadly fire of Morgan’s corps. In the confusion of attack and retreat, General Fraser was shot, perhaps by a member of a party detailed for that purpose by Colonel Morgan. Mortally wounded, he was carried from the field. Before the enemy’s flanks could be rallied, Arnold dashed impetuously onto the field and led Learned’s brigade in an attack against the Germans, who comprised Burgoyne’s center. Although without command because of a quarrel with Gates after the battle of September 19, Arnold now threw himself into the battle. By his powerful personality and reckless daring he inspired the troops to redoubled effort. Though the Germans repulsed the first attack, they were soon driven into retreat, for the withdrawal of Fraser’s troops and the British Grenadiers had exposed them on both flanks. When the 2,000-strong Albany County militia, commanded by Brig. Gen. Abraham Ten Broeck, came up to join the fighting, the British forces, discouraged by the loss of Fraser and the turn of events, retreated to the protection of their fortified positions. Within less than an hour after the opening of the attack, Burgoyne had lost 8 cannon and more than 400 officers and men, killed, wounded, or prisoners. Flushed with victory, part of the American forces were led by Arnold in a savage and costly attack on the Balcarres Redoubt, a position of great strength which lay on the Freeman Farm. [Illustration: _View of the_ West Bank _of the_ Hudson’s River 3 _Miles above Still Water_, upon which _the_ Army _under the command of_ Lt. General Burgoyne, _took post on 20^th. Sep^r 1777_ (_Shewing_ General Frazer’s _Funeral_.) _This print, published in London in 1789, presumably shows the British position at the Great Redoubt. According to the inscription accompanying the original print, it also portrays a scene during Fraser’s funeral. The original inscription seems to contain certain inconsistencies._ Courtesy Life Magazine.]