"If they had all been as courageous as their leader they would have annihilated us, but each time we charged I observed that a considerable number fell away on either flank, so that it was not a solid mass through which we had to make our way.

What is our loss, Mieville ?" "I rode along the line and counted the numbers.

There are but seventy-five on foot," he said, "and most of these have got more or less severe wounds with their ugly weapons." "Let the ground over which we have passed be carefully searched," he said, "and any of our men who show signs of life be carried in front of the chateau." Twelve men were found to be living; their wounds were at once attended to and bandaged.
"I think most of them will do," Captain Mieville said.

"They are ugly looking gashes, but it is not like a bullet in the body." The men who had been killed were found in most cases to have been slain outright from the blows of hatchets, which had in several cases completely severed their heads.

While the wounds of the soldiers were being attended to, Hector went to the gate at which the baroness and her daughter were now standing.
"You are unhurt, I hope," the lady said as Hector approached.
"I have two or three more wounds," he said, "but, like those I had before, they are of little account." "It was a terrible fight," she said.