Original sentence: Another column (700 soldiers under Colonel Hercules Scott of Brotherton) would attack the Douglass Battery and the north end of the defenses and sweep into the U.Finally, a column (360 soldiers, sailors and marines led by Lieutenant Colonel William Drummond of Kelty) would attack the fort once the other assaults were under way, with the objective of capturing the old British barrack buildings.Fischer's column consisted of the light companies of the 2/89th Foot and the 100th Foot, the remnants of the 1st Battalion of the 8th (Kings), and volunteers from Fischer's own regiment, De Watteville's Regiment of foot.Lieutenant Colonel Drummond's column consisted of a small detachment of gunners of the Royal Artillery, the flank companies of the 41st Foot and the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiments, fifty Royal Marines and ninety seamen of the Royal Navy under Commander Dobbs.Some units, such as the light company of the 8th (King's), lost two thirds of their strength.The largest column, of 1,300 soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Victor Fischer, would flank the south end of the defenses at Snake Hill
Edited sentence: Another column (700 soldiers under Colonel Hercules Scott of Brotherton, 103rd Foot) would attack the Douglass Battery and the north end of the defenses and sweep into the U.Finally, a column (360 soldiers, sailors and marines led by Lieutenant Colonel William Drummond of Kelty, 104th Foot) would attack the fort once the other assaults were under way, with the objective of capturing the old British barrack buildings.Fischer's column consisted of the light companies of the 2/89th Foot and the 100th Foot, the remnants of the 1/8th (King's)Foot, and volunteers from Fischer's own regiment, the Regiment de Watteville.Lieutenant Colonel Drummond's column consisted of a small detachment of gunners of the Royal Artillery, the flank companies of the 41st Foot and the 104th Foot, fifty Royal Marines and ninety seamen of the Royal Navy under Commander Dobbs.Some units, such as the light company of the 8th, lost two thirds of their strength.The largest column, of 1,300 soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Victor Fischer, of De Watteville's Regiment, would flank the south end of the defenses at Snake Hill