Nevertheless both forces pushed resolutely onward.

Harry had no idea what it all meant.

The movements of Hooker were a mystery to him, but he felt the presence of an enveloping danger, through which, however, he felt sure that the sword of Jackson could slash.
He saw that the generals were neglecting no precautions.

The scouts and hardy riflemen were now pressing through all the forests and thickets, like Indians trailing in the Wilderness.

They kept the two forces, the one on the plank road and the other on the pike, in touch.