We arrived on the river just at sunset, having marched ten leagues in eight hours.

I regret bitterly that my regiment was not on the field, for assuredly they would not have given way.

Had they stood, the rest of the infantry would have stood." "And in that case you would now be the pursuers," the colonel broke in, "for Turenne completely shattered our right wing.

Well, sir, it is the fortune of war, and we at least have the honour of having given your marshal a defeat.

He is a grand general, but we caught him napping today." "It was not his fault, sir.