"It's been a warm day." "But a victorious one, sir." "Victorious, yes; but it is not finished.

I fancy that in spite of everything we have not yet learned the full capabilities of General Jackson, eh, Hector ?" "No, sir, we haven't," replied Lieutenant-Colonel Hector St.Hilaire, emphatically.

"I never saw such an appetite for battle.

In Mexico General Winfield Scott would press the enemy hard, but he was not anxious to march twenty miles and fight a battle every day." Harry found St.Clair and Langdon not far away from their chief officers.

St.Clair had brushed the dust off his clothing, but he was regarding ruefully two bullet holes in the sleeve of his fine gray tunic.
"He has neither needle nor thread with which to sew up those holes," said Langdon, with wicked glee, "and he must go into battle again with a tunic more holy than righteous.