Besides, they can rake us with bullets from ambush, while we're climbing up the ridge.

And when we get there, they're gone.

It's these mountains that give the irregulars their chance.

See, two lights are winking at each other now!" "How far apart would you say they are, Ohio ?" "A mile, maybe, but one is much higher than the other up the mountain.
The lower light, doubtless, is signaling information about us to the higher.

I see your colonel and our colonel talking together.