1 394 THE COMBAT CONTINUES. -
2 success being hailed by our party with a loud
3 huzza, re-echoed again from’ the surrounding
4 hills; but the enemy nevertheless stood fast
5 and continued to blaze away at’ us, some of
6 their bullets passing over our heads, and others
7 falling short struck the ground and bounded
8 onwards with a whizz like the twang of a bow-
9 string. The next shell was not so happy, for
10 it flew over the narrow ridge and burst harm-
11 less in the hollow on the other side; a huzza
12 from the red coats in return being faintly borne
13 to us on-the wings of the breeze, as a testimony
14 of their gratification for its innoxious qualities.
15 ~ “This kind of warfare continued upwards of
16 an hour, with more or less success, the balls
17 from our foes in front every now and then
18 passing through a small tree close to a hillock
19 _ that partially sheltered us, and lopping off the
20 more slender of its branches as clean as if cut
21 with a knife. The heat had now become
22 terrific, and the rays of the noon-day sun
23 darted down with an intensity almost insup-
24 portable. Meanwhile, the dead and wounded
25 were being carried from the breastwork to the