See, they are lighting torches, and I expect they mean to make an attack at once.

Their guns are with that group in the rear of the others; at any rate they will not be of any use in assisting them to make their way up this road.

They are evidently working themselves up to a state of madness.

There are half a dozen fellows addressing them from various points." The men who had been brought down to guard the intrenchments at the head of the road were all armed with muskets, and carried in addition long pikes.

Presently a roar of shouts and yells was heard, and then there was a rush on the part of the crowd towards the foot of the long ascent.
Hector moved to the place where the tenants were posted.
"Do not hurl a single stone down until I give you the word, nor light the cressets; the torches they carry will be quite sufficient for us to make them out, and the attack will be all the more successful if it comes as a surprise." Then he returned to the breastwork.