The correct answer is A. The British soldiers panicked when they were shot at.
Explanation:
The excerpt presented describes a battle fought by the British forces against the French and Indians. About this, the author, who belongs to the British side (you can know this because the author uses "they" to refer to the French and Indians), describes the French and Indians number was not known "the Number of each not known", and they were located in a hill "possessed the Sides and Brow of a Hill".
Moreover, the author states the French and Indians began to shot "some of them fired", and this led to a general panic in the British side "this immediately struck a general Pannic; the Men could not be persuaded to form regularly." Thus, in this battle, the British soldiers panicked when they were shot at.
