The attack began. The British forces in the "Grande Rue", now called Broad Street, included the 78th Regiment, the Battalion of Saint Lawrence, the South-East Regiment, and the "Compagnies de Saint-Jean". The 95th Regiment of Foot, with the rest of the militia, advanced down the other avenues. The British had too many troops for the battle, a British soldier later saying that a third of the British troops would have been more than enough to destroy the French army. Many British soldiers, confused and having nothing to shoot at, fired most of their shots into the air.