【】ur,only,ly
wounded.
”taketenpesaid,”ahosefive
prisoothevillage.givethevertolieutenanthoudin;and
tellhioseheprisonershehastaken,under
entotheforest.lettheirhaiedbehind
theirbacks,fortobe
surethattheesrtareloaded,andhavefixedbayos.directly
hehassentofftheprisonerslethioiherest
ofhisforce.”
lieutenantribouvillenotooihebridge;and
orderedtheo
setto,anddigaholedootheipalarch.it
hantheyhadexpected.theroadhe
ballastpresseddoightly,andthehvered,
toansiderabledepth,enuld
ond,afterahalfhoursdesperatelabor,theholehing
likefarenoughadvaoeotaldestruofthe
bridge,uponthechargebeingfired.iitheprussian
sentriesupanddohelineand,althoughnot
insuffiadistance.
”dontyouthinkthatpeasked.
”no,sir,”theotherreplied.”itghtblhthetop
ofthearch,butihardlythinkthatitsforce
upwards.”
atthisntralphwhohaddonehisspellofwork,andhadbeen
do,togetadrinkoferunningup.
”ifyouplease,lieutenantribouville,thereisahht
throughthepier,justabovethestohave
beeoletanyabove,
keitsescape.ishouldthinkthatoholdthecharge.”
”theverything,”lieutenantribouvillesaid,delightedly.”a
foolitohavelookedtoseeifsuchaholeexisted
”stopen,andcarrythebarrelsdootheedgeofthe
er.”
thestreabovedeep;andtheengineerofficer
iediatelyihehole.heatonce
pronounirablysuitedtothepurpose.itdidnotas
ralphhadsupposedghtthrough;buttherewoholes,
oneuponeaelevel,andeach
extendingintotheterofthepier.theholesfour
inchessquare.
thebarrelsofgunttonilyopehebank,and
ents.lieutenantribouvilleuponone
side,andralphupoher,tookthettonandthrustit,h
longstiihe
softhethefuseied,
andtheoperationoftaingindrysah,and
stonesnced.
”kehaste”jorteeshouted.”theiuersareincreasing
fast.therearesofifteenorty,oherside.”
abriskfireofrifleshedayhadfairlybroken;
andthefranctireurs,shelteredbehindtheparapetofthebridge,
onthebankoftheriver,hthe
ehreequartersofanhourhadpassedsihefirstshot
wasfired.
suddenlyadistantboondsbya
slightand,
ina,thereothebridge.the
nallleftofftheirant.
”andaythatbe,sterpercyareunpleasantsoundi
niverheard,sinceiwasababy.”
”iquiteagree,astoitsunpleasantness.itisa
shell.theartilleryareingupfrouneville.thefireofthe
sentries,inaupleofnutes;givethebr>
anotherfifteeready,andhalfanhethinrange.
”hereesanother.”
”areyouready,ribouville”thendantshouted.”theyhave
cavalry,asustbeoff,or
caughtinatrap.”
”iaeady,”heanswer.
”barclay,strikeatdputittotheendofyourfuse,till
itbeginstofizz.
”haveyoulitit”
”yes,sir,”ralphsaid,antlater.
”sohavei,”thelieutenantsaid.”theythree
nutes.
”nowforarun”
inaupleofhefranctireursreating,atthe
double;andtheyhadnotgoneahundredyardsheyheardthe
soundoftendousexplosions,folloloselyoneupon
another.lookingback,theysaents;
andthatthebridgelay,aheapofruins,irea
”hurrah,lads”shoutedthendant.”youhavedoneyourwork
aywellbeproud
oftheirdayswork.
”dontndtheshells,”hentinued,astoreofthessiles
burst,inquiession,.”they
keanuglytheyhurtus,atthisdistance.”
thegernartillerynhadapparentlyarrivedatthesa
nclusion,fortheynoofire;areatingrps
theinfantry,whohad
follofre.
”theartilleryandcavalryhewood,”
percysaidtohisbrother,astheytrottedalong,sidebyside.
”theyyeup,”ralphsaid,”butthey,onthe
brokenground;andind.”
thegroundillery.it
hthespursofthehill.hereandtheregreat
ssesofroroppedoutoftheground,chesofforest
extendedoveransiderableportionoftheground.inoneof
these,standinguponrisingandbrokenground,jorteehalted
hisn;andopenedsoheavyafireupontheenescavalry,when
theluappeared,thattheyoed;andalthough,
heartilleryarrived,afeothewood,
thefranctireurshadalreadyretired,andgaiheforest
olestation.uponcallingtheroll,itwas
disveredthatsixn,only,issing.thesehadfalleher
killedorthefireoftheenesinfantry,duringthe
tithattheoperationatthebridge.
thererejoigatthesuessoftheirenterprise,the
effectofaioblockthetraffigthat
line,foratleastaisfawas,however,
sopedbythesightofseveraldenselusofskein
theplain;shoanshad,asusual,heir
vengeanceupontheivillagers.thefeelingofdisgustwas
gedtofuryeofthepeasantsothe
hedestruoftheirabodesreportedthatthe
gerns,having
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