Two men died on this ground during the afternoon bombardment, when the men on this bastion felt helpless. The mortars on the British bomb ships could fire their 200-pound shells two miles, half way to the modern bridge, while the fort's cannons could reach only a mile and a half. By 2:00 p.m. the defenders had endured heavy rain showers and the British bombardment for eight hours. A shell soared through the overcast sky and exploded on this spot, killing Lieutenant Levi Claggett, wounding four others, and dismounting a cannon. Seconds later, Private Isaac Munroe wrote that Sergeant Clemm, a young man, was killed by his side when a bomb burst over their heads and a piece the size of a dollar, two inches thick, passed through his body diagonally from his navel and went into the ground more than two feet. Total casualties for the battle were 4 killed and 25 wounded.