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In the morning General Wood's forces continued to retreat, fighting with dogged courage in a costly rear-guard action, and destroying railroads and bridges as they went. The carnage wrought by the German six- and eleven-inch explosive shells with delayed-action fuses was frightful beyond anything I have ever known.
He was advancing in the same manner as the miners, that is by leading his horse, and, meeting our friends thus face to face, it was impossible for either party to pass: one or the other must give way and retreat. A startling feature of this meeting was that the individual who thus confronted them was an Indian of gigantic stature. He was more than six feet in height and of massive proportions.
Could this be the mermaid's retreat of which the old captain had spoken, and of which the natives on Queen Charlotte's Island had such a strange superstition? Tite thought to himself.
Instead of being able to cover the retreat of his colleague, and to check the pursuit of the enemy, Duke Bernard, overpowered by numbers, was himself driven into the plain, where his routed cavalry spread confusion among Horn's brigade, and rendered the defeat complete. Almost the entire infantry were killed or taken prisoners.
Ninth Corps positions near Antietam Creek Rodman's division at lower ford Sturgis's at the bridge Burnside's headquarters on the field View from his place of the battle on the right French's fight An exploding caisson Our orders to attack The hour Crisis of the battle Discussion of the sequence of events The Burnside bridge Exposed approach Enfiladed by enemy's artillery Disposition of enemy's troops His position very strong Importance of Rodman's movement by the ford The fight at the bridge Repulse Fresh efforts Tactics of the assault Success Formation on further bank Bringing up ammunition Willcox relieves Sturgis The latter now in support Advance against Sharpsburg Fierce combat Edge of the town reached Rodman's advance on the left A. P. Hill's Confederate division arrives from Harper's Ferry Attacks Rodman's flank A raw regiment breaks The line retires Sturgis comes into the gap Defensive position taken and held Enemy's assaults repulsed Troops sleeping on their arms McClellan's reserve Other troops not used McClellan's idea of Lee's force and plans Lee's retreat The terrible casualty lists.
It was the opportunity wanted, and almost together three guns flashed out their contents, sending a little storm of buckshot amongst the runners, who turned on the instant and began to retreat towards the woods. "Missed!" cried the captain. "Hit!" cried Briscoe. "No: there's not a man gone down," cried the captain. "But plenty of hits," said Briscoe, setting the example of reloading.
When I returned with the rum, they were already seated on either side of the captain's breakfast-table Black Dog next to the door and sitting sideways so as to have one eye on his old shipmate and one, as I thought, on his retreat. He bade me go and leave the door wide open. "None of your keyholes for me, sonny," he said; and I left them together and retired into the bar.
I didn't know but we should have a split with Duffel on the Duval affair, and I was preparing for such a state of things in case it did come. As I have told you before, I know where there is a magnificent cave for our purpose in the mountains of Virginia, to which it has been my determination to retreat, should anything go wrong here.
Margaret's first impulse was to retreat; but her better judgment prevailed in time to intercept the act. Philip said: "Mr and Mrs Hope have, at my desire, given me the opportunity of speaking to you alone. You must not refuse to hear what I have to say, because it is necessary to the vindication of my honour; and it is also due to another person." Of course, Margaret sat down.
Heaps of Roman carcasses cover the plains of Cannae; nor would any of us have survived the battle, had not the enemy wanted the strength and the sword to slay us. There are, too, some of us, who did not even retreat in the field; but being left to guard the camp, came into the hands of the enemy when it was surrendered.
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