[The Battle Of The Strong<br> Complete by Gilbert Parker]@TWC D-Link book
The Battle Of The Strong
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CHAPTER IV
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Twenty muskets were discharged at him.

One bullet cut the coat on his shoulder, another grazed the back of his hand, a third scarred the pommel of the saddle, and still another wounded his horse.

Again and again the English called upon him to dismount, for he was made a target, but he refused, until at last the horse was shot under him.

Then once more he joined in the hand-to-hand encounter.
Windows near the ground, such as were not shattered, were broken by bullets.

Cannon-balls embedded themselves in the masonry and the heavy doorways.


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