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That's siege tactics. Just about every army has done it at some point. While a relatively small number of his men assaulted the wall, Mance stood a hundred yards away, assessing the defenses. The two giants and hundred or so men he just lost were easily worth seeing what kind of defenses (like the bladed pendulum) the Wall had. The fact that a bunch of Crows died, the gates are half torn up, the Night's Watch is out of oil, and a part of the balustrade has blown up is a bonus.
Jon's right. The following night, four mammoths, eight giants, and 50,000 men, all guided by Wildlings seeing through owl's eyes, would run that place over.
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