Worth's division took on the "tête de pont", while Twiggs' the convent. Rincón's gunners were able to force Taylor's battery to withdraw, and Perez's defense on the "tête de pont" twice repulsed Major Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville's 6th Infantry charge. The attack by Franklin Pierce and James Shields, crossing the river on the Coyoacan-Mixcoac road in an attempt to cut off the Mexican retreat, was also stopped. However, Worth turned the Mexican left and crossed the river, while the 8th and 5th Infantry took the "tête de pont". Captain Duncan then set up a battery to attack the convent.