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    ouldfirethroughtheleaves,

    froietheroad.nueronepanyht

    and,nsequently,oblant.ralphandper

    thefrontline,behirees.

    notashotpe

    gavetheenbehireesolie

    doongthelohandbrushended

    nearlyahundredyards.theerproofs,blas,andallother

    iedintshadbeebehindathalloville,sothatthenhad

    thefreeuseoftheirar.therifleshepouches

    shiftedroundsoastobereadyathandandordershavingbeen

    giventhatnotawordshouldbespoken,eveninawhispera

    perfeereignedoverthespot.

    ralphandperhother.theyhadexgeda

    heartygripofthehand,beforelyingdoh

    beatisandhandsfirygraspingtheirrifles,inreadiness

    forthesignal.

    thetiiitseedto

    thenagebeforetheyheardthetraofhorses.nearerand

    heydnoheyuldhearthejinglingof

    acuterntsfirst,throughtheirleafys,theyuldseetwo

    uhlanspassatahewoods,andlookingfor

    possibledahebusheshidtheynotiothing,

    aonatthesapace.itisprobable,ihatthey

    reallyanticipatednopossibilityofanattack,asthedijonfranc

    tireurshefirstheseofa;and

    theprussiansly,iireignorahe

    viedbodyoftheeneand,at,apprehended

    astrayshotfrlerfrohefrenchares,hidden

    inthewoods.

    inaeortoreuhlanspassed;andafterthe

    saintervalberofcattleand

    sheep.thegreaterportionhadpassedthespotheboyswere

    lying,aheireurs,he

    silehepesshout:

    ”now”

    beforetheuhlanshadtitoreinintheirhorses,ortoaskeach

    othereaningofthecry,theflashofthirtyrifles

    brokefrohetrees,andseveralnfellfroheirhorses.there

    ontarypaniarbines

    attheinvisiblefoe.

    theeyoungofficer,hlight

    staen:

    ”steady,theyareonlyahandful.forine,charge”

    quicklyastheo

    fireagain;andtheninacehtheirordersretreated,

    andjoiheirradesbypassagesleftitis,on

    purpose.inanotherinstanttheuhlanschargedbut,asquickly,the

    direstnfusined,he

    eopof

    eaedtheirdeadlyhailinto

    thenfusedss.

    thesendlineofuhlanschargedretuedthefire

    oftheirinvisibleeneesand,althoughtheyuldhe

    severaloftheballstookeffeothinguldbeolerthanthe

    offiplesteadiedtheir

    n.underverofthefireoftheirradesthen,inpart,

    extrica