第37节 (第2/2页)
by.” ”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 ...