Trust Carrington for such work, and I'm glad he hasn't been killed.

John's the dearest soul in the world, as gentle as a woman.

Down! Down! all of you! There are the muzzles of his guns in the bushes again!" Colonel Talbot's order was so sharp and convincing that most of the Invincibles mechanically threw themselves upon their faces, just as four field pieces crashed and the shell and shrapnel flew over their heads.
That rapid order had saved them, but the officers on horseback were not so lucky.

A captain was killed, Lieutenant-Colonel St.Hilaire was grazed on the shoulder, and the horse of Colonel Talbot was killed under him.
But Colonel Talbot, alert and agile, despite his years, sprang clear of the falling horse and said emphatically to his second in command, Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St.Hilaire: "The last doubt is gone! It's Carrington as sure as we live!" Then he gave a quick order to his men to rise and fire with the rifles, but the woods protected the gunners, and, when Sherburne with his cavalry charged into the forest, Carrington and his guns were gone.
Colonel Talbot procured another horse, and the Invincibles, sore of body and mind, resumed their slow and sullen retreat.

Harry left them and rode further along the front of the rear guard.