The head of the column emerged upon the opposite bank, and then its long red and blue length trailed slowly after.

Robert and his comrades crossed in a wagon.

They had wanted to go into the woods, seeking for the enemy, but the orders of Braddock, who wished to keep all his force together, held them.
The entire army was now across, and, within the shade of the forest, the general ordered a short period for rest and food, before they completed the few miles that yet separated them from Fort Duquesne.

The troops were in great spirits.

They might have been held at the dangerous ford, they thought, but now that it had been passed without resistance the woods could offer nothing able to stop them.
"What has become of your warlike Frenchmen, Mr.Willet ?" asked Grosvenor.