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hisbed.helistenedforaninstant,ahecrackofa
rifle.
”up,ralph;upallofyou”heshouted.”tacked.”
theothershad
thoughtofundressingand,astheyseizedtheirarand
equipnts,theaupassoundedloudand
shrill.astheyissuedouttherele
andnfusioninthevillage.thefranctireurs
thedoors.thevillagersensgand
nswearing.
”youhadbetterdriveoffyouranilsupintotheforest,and
carryoffenand
aupasshouted,totheheadnofthe
village.”eas,iftheyare
infullstrength,itbelong.
”nothro.takeadvantageof
everypossiblever,andfallbackassloeadilyasyou
.thendantpany,inhalf
anhour.ihadassagefroilatelastnight.”
thenadvaohedouble,andinaninstanthada
vieenout,assentries,were
fallingbackrapidlytohevillage;andtwodarkbodiesof
infantryofeachother,butatadistance
oftefivehundred
yardsbeyoreatiries;selves,afew
hundredyardsbeloyhad,atpresent,deno
replyevertothefireofthesentries.
”advanaupassaid.”oneflank
ofthepanyopposeeachlu.opeonce,sightfor
sevenhundredyards,takeadvantageofver,andfiresteadily.”
asteadyfireonceopenedand,althoughitseffectsuld
notbeperceived,theyns
iediatelythreishers,and
openedfire.inahundredpacesdeupashaltedhisn,andtold
theoliedoer.
theenehefranctireurs
hadbeenjoihesehenuersooneand,
althoughthepositionaller
forceashefactthatthey,ier,
heiradversarieshadtofireastheyadvaheoddswere
fartoogreattohopeforsuccess.everynt,howas
gettinglighter;andthefranctireursuldseethattheirfire
enhad
receivedslighty,hoeadily;and
orethanthreehundredyardsdistant.
”fallbaen,alteately,ofeach
halfpany.backfiftypaces,atthedouble”
attheereated,atfullspeed,forfiftyyards;
theothersredoublingthefirefroheirbreechloaders,tover
theretreat.theinstantthatthefirstnhadgoyyards,
theytued,threselvesupontheground,andopenedfire;
,and
halted,intu,fiftypatherear.theneuvered
threetis,ahengaiheendhouseofthevillage.
undershelterofaloade;butthe
superiorforyeheothreatentooutflank
thenyofthegernshadfallen;buttherestadvanced,h
asessandprecisionasifonparade.
”hoed,in
adration.
”noustretreat,”thelieutenantsaid.”wehavedone
veryakefortheforestas
hardasyou.itsnotoverfivehundredyards.whenyouare
ohere,keastandagain.”
thentuedand,ina,the
orderahouseinaliaboutfiftyyards
offaheavyfireofsketrysuddenlybrokeout.
”hurrah,lads,theresthendantstandtoyourwall;well
thrashtheyet.”
staggeredbythissuddenandheavyfire,thegernspaused;and
thenfellback,toaspot
frohefirefrobove.forashortti,thereion
ofthefight.atthisnt,thendantjoihefirst
pany.
”ed.”gallantlydone,ladsweheard
thefiring,andfearedyouup.
itisfortuartedhalfanhourbeforedaybreak.wehave
dohelasttilesatarun.
”haveyousufferedch”
thereenhadfallen,inthe
retreat.anotherlaydead,shhtheheadashefiredover
thehershreeseriously,whileralph
bar.
”fortunately,”jorteesaid,”halfadozennfroheother
villagevoluoeovertohelpthewounded.iwillsend
theverhere,atoheytakesodoorsofftheirhinges,
andcarrythesethreenrightbatotheforest,atonce.we
havenotdo.
”getyournintoskirshingline,deupas.io
joinyou.occupythelineofgardens,andwalls.”
senteffected,ansagainappeared
onthehillside.theyhadstillaverygreatsuperiorityin
nuers;forthetpaniesoffranbered,now,
fortyfiven,ansupy
nillnearlyeightystrong.
ralphbarclaystillkepthisplatheranks.tioylehad
bandageduphisarforpercy,ptedit,had
nearlyfaihesightoftheblood.theirishnhe
highestglee;andoccasionallyindulgedine,and
intauntingrerksy,
uldtheyhaveheardanduoodthe
thegerns,astheyergedfroheirshelter,four
hundredyardsdistant;andthefireatonced.thefranc
tireursagreatadvantage
ernsand,thedisparityofnuersbeihe
fightragedhgreaterobstinacythanbefore.verygradually,the
eneheirakingadvantageofeveryrodinequality
ofgrounduntiltheyhinthevillage.
hanthistheyuldnote,froundenand,
inthefaedhbreechloaders,it
adohaveattetedarush.
forsoti,thebatantsreihesaposition;rely
exginganoccasionalshot,
last,jorteebeeasyattheprolongedinauponthe
partoftheene.
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