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    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