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Here, our companions tell us, was the scene of yesterday's skirmish, in which they took an active part. The enemy had thrown out a detachment of sharp-shooters, who had entered the wood, and approached the breastwork. A battalion of the English Volunteers was ordered up. As they marched eagerly forwards, a body of Piedmontese, stationed a little from the road, shouted, "Vivano gl' Inglesi!
In them, too, the Romans seemed to recognise natural and legitimate allies, and there was a general cry of "Vivano i bravi Toscani!" "Poor defence!" thought the more sagacious Colonna; "the Barons can awe, and the mob corrupt them."
Vivano gl' Inglesi!" At the breastworks where we are standing, the word was given to break ranks, and skirmish. Instantly they sprang over the wall, and took position behind the trees, to shoot "wherever they saw a head."
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