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"There," said the Abbé, pointing to a row of statuettes lost in a hollow moulding at the very edge of the porch. "But to ascribe so much importance to tiny figures which, after all, are there merely to fill up, as stop-gaps it is preposterous!" cried Durtal. "No doubt. But now let us examine the work.
Against this type of defence the enemy's tactics did not require to be as infallible as they perhaps seemed. Our pity is drawn to these English troops, disorganised, without their own proper commanders, unsupplied with rations the stop-gaps thrust forward in the last stages of a retreat.
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