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finvariousdireshthe dispatches;andralphngratulatedhielfuponhavingbeenupon thegroundheraversingoncebeforethatdayas,evenh thatpreviousacquaintaofindtheway throughthedarkness,frohesnthegeneralappearance andapparentdistanhobject.thanks,hoohisride oftheing,hereachedthevariousrpstohhewas dispatchedistakesinhisbackto headquartersbyelevenok. ti ”sure,yourhonor,anditsaghtyldnight.ivegotapotof ffeeontheboiliables.” ”thankyou,tiiakereporttothe general,andthengoofftobed.bringtheffeeintoroowe shallbeupearly,fororrow.” ”dosaid,adringly.”anditsaboutti;forwe shouldbeallfrozenintoskeletons,ifoheredoing nothingger.badlucktotheher,saysi.” attenooingthefrenchtroopsotion,
theobjectsoftheirattackbeingthevillagesofguillonville, terniers,aheuntryelyflatand,foran hour,theysay.afetes,only,were seen.thesegallopedoffhastily,thenttheycaughtsightof theheavyssesofthefrenthewood.ralphwas riding,htherestofthestaff,behindthegeneral. ”thatisterniers,”loeesaid,pointingtoahouseor tadistaheplain. ashespoke,apuffofskecafrohehouses. ”thereisthefirstshell,”ation. inanotherinstantthessileburstnearsoinfantry,attwo hundredyardstht. ”takeorderstothatbattery,there,totakepositiononthat littleeo keepthegunsalittlebagthetrees,andtoopensharply uponterniers.” itiherewasa roarofonalongthehofbothlines.forhalfan hourthebatntinuedareartilleryduel.theshellsfellin alldirethetrees,tearingup theground,andleavingdeepblackgashesintheesnow; crashingthroughaongthe troops. ”theirfireisslaingalittle,”generalzysaid.”itis titobepushingforward. ”lieutenantporent ofbilestoadvanishers. ”enttosupport. ”captainillot,ordertheartillerytoratetheirfire uponthevillage,andtoadvancebybatteries.” theordersobilesadvaohin fivehundredyardsofthevillage.thesketryfirewasnow trendous,andthebilesansrenchedin thegardensandhevillage.everywall,every houseed,tofill upthebreaksinthewalls. generalzytingonhorseback,ashortdistahe rearofthefighting.untedofficersrodeupaagain, everynt,hlegoin ...