【】inablue
blouse.greatnuersofthestshoeless;havingbeen
takenstraightfroheploeivedno
shoessined,half
ans.
thefattotheirgeneral,andhisofficers.still,his
instrusakeastand,atallhazards,inthevosges;
andhenooobeytheordersnothopingforvictory,but
trustingiuralurageofhisntoenablehiodraw
theffhoutseriousdisaster.hisgreatestweaknesswashis
artillery,ofteries;agaiorten
ofthegernserically,superiorto
hisown.
inhalfanhour,thedispositiohevalleywaswide,
atthispoint;andthereefiveorsixvillagesledin
it.itilesbehind,narrowed
againnsiderably.justasthetroopshadgaiheirappointed
plausketryfirehe
geahead;ngled,ies,of
on.
thegeneral,surroundedbyhisstaff,vedforohe
spot.froheroadattheentrahenarroofthe
valley,nothinguldbeseen;buttheongthe
treesandroeitherside,theburstingofshellsandthe
lingofbullets.thegeneralandhisstaff
aenofthe
esrt,anduhesideofthehill.
afterasharpheyuld
seerightdohelongnarrohetreesexcept
heroadhieepsidesofthehillsbeing
veredong
thesealldoe
fivehundredyardsfroheposttakenupbythegeneral,a
suoketoldpesfranc
tireursoreesbeloeup
greatokefrohebattery,
byfiringatthegerns.
thesefordalongline,upanddohesidesofthevalley,at
threeorfourhundredyardsdistancefrohefrenes.two
gernbatteriesheroad,afeothe
rearoftheirskirshers;andthesehicklyup
angtherocks,hefranctireurswo
otherbatteriesanshadoputashortway
upoaiillfartherintherearwereraining
shell,hdeadlyprecision,uponthefrenchbatteriesinthe
road.
aprettierpieceofto
igiheloftyuntaihelonglinesoflittlepuffs
ofske,angthebrushokearising
frohetrees,iothequick,dullburstsofthe
shellsasaspele,itoststriking.thenoisewas
prodigious.thesteepsidesoftheuntainehreportof
thegunsintoaprolongedroar,liketheruleofthuhe
rattleofthesketryneverceasedforaninstant,andloudand
distinenagscreaftheshells.
”thisisgrand,indeed,ralph”percysaid,afterants
silence.
”splendid”ralphsaid,”butitisevidentholdthe
ge.theirskirshersarethreetoourone,andtheirshells
stbedoingterribledage.”
”barclay,”generalcarielssaid,”godoothebattery,and
bringbackheyaregettingon.”
thesequitelostitsbeautytoperow,ashesah
scralerapidlydohehillsideinthedireofthetrees;
angongh
theshellsedlikeenteringa
fieryfuace.
itinutesbeforeralphbing
upthehillsideagain;andpercysheartgaveajuofdelight,
enear,his
brothersahathehiefbound
rouhishblood.hekepton
steadily,hoilhereachedthegeneral;on
seeihi
”onegunisdisunted,sir,andhalfthenarekilledor
wounded.”
”godo,andtellhervetofallbackatondto
takepositionintheiledohe
valley,soastosheentrance.
”laon,gotht,andyou,dubois,totheleft.orderthe
franctireurstoretreatalongthehillsideato
theendofthege,toforntheplain,andfallbacktothe
firstvillage.
”youareseriously,ihope”hesaid,kindly,
astheofficershurriedaissions.
”asplinterofashell,sir,”ralphsaid,faintly.”idontthink
ithastouchedtheboithascutthefleshbadly.”
ralph;andhewould
havefallen,hadnotperaughthinhisar,halittle
cry.
”hehasonlyfaintedfroossofblood,”thegeneralsaid.”twoor
threehandkerchiefs,gentlen.
”noajor,bindtheoundhisar
”noakeoffhissash,andbinditastightlyasyou,over
thethatsright.
”o
lose.”
tsunderralphsshoulders,
ookhisfeet;andtheyhasteneddoothehorses.as
theydidso,ralphopenedhiseyes.
”iallright,noly.
”liequiet,”thejorsaid,kindly.”itisonlylossofblood.
thereisnorealharone.
”there,herearethehorses.”
ralphting,ontheground;alittlebrandyander
and,asthebloodslh
thebandage,hefeltsuffitlyrestoredtositonhishorse.
”doyle,yougohlieutenantbarclay,”thelohestaff
said.”rideslo;soastohhi
ifyouseehiotter.youhesurgeonsreadyatthe
generalsquarters.
”halt,standasideforant.hereestheartillery.”
”welldone,lads,inished
batteryrattledpast,atfullgallop.
thenhehielf,hhisstaff,putspurstohishorseand
offatfullspeed;folloaheside
ofralph.thefloopped,andralpho
sithishorseuntilhereachedthehousehe
generalsheadquarters,intheing.hereohestaff
surgeonshadfittedupateoraryaulandralphsbandages
oved.tiuedsickatthe
sightof
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