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【】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,”gener
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