They crowd us hard.

Look how their sharpshooters are swarming in the woods and fields yonder." An orchard to the left of the road and only a short distance away was filled with the Union riflemen.

Running from tree to tree and along the fences they sent bullets straight into the ranks of the Invincibles.
Four guns were turned and swept the orchard with shell, but the wary sharpshooters darted to another point, and again came the hail of bullets.

Colonel Talbot bade his weary men turn, but at the moment, Sherburne, with a troop of cavalry, swept down on the riflemen and sent them flying.

Harry saw Colonel Talbot's lips moving, and he knew that he was murmuring thanks because Sherburne had come so opportunely.
"We're not having an easy time," he said to Harry.