. These regiments then charged and Gates' inexperienced militia, largely
without bayonets fled the field, with Gates not far behind. The British wheeled
round and outflanked the American Continental regiments who were putting up a
stiff fight and continued to do so for sometime. After a while the American
lines began to crumble. Utterly defeated, the remainder of the army abandoned
the battlefield, pursued by Tarleton's cavalry for some 20 miles. The British
overran the American positions, capturing the American army's stores.
Gates fled with the first of the militia to