"Gentlemen," he said, "I must introduce myself to you.

I am Colonel Campbell; I have the honour to command the regiment.

I shall be glad if you will order the officer's call to be sounded and send orderlies off at once to the lodgings of the officers and ask them to assemble.

To whom have I the pleasure of speaking ?" The senior officer introduced himself and the others.

Report had told them that their new colonel was still a young man, and that he had served with distinction under both Turenne and Enghien, but they were not prepared for so young a commander as this.