Within his own knowledge five of his countrymen were killed in the scuffle, so the total loss was probably considerable.

Our own casualties were eleven dead, forty-three wounded, and six prisoners, but the price was not excessive for the howitzer and for the morale which arises from such exploits.

Had it not been for that unfortunate fuse, the second success might have been as bloodless as the first.

'I am sorry,' said a sympathetic correspondent to the stricken Paley.

'But we got the gun,' Paley whispered, and he spoke for the Brigade.
Amid the shell-fire, the scanty rations, the enteric and the dysentery, one ray of comfort had always brightened the garrison.