The whole column broke and reeled away, carrying Duque with them.
Ned saw the face of Santa Anna turn purple with rage.

He struck the earthwork furiously with the flat of his sword.
"Go! Go!" he cried to Gaona and Tolsa.

"Rally them! See that they do not run!" The two generals sprang from the battery and rushed to their task.

The Mexican cannon had ceased firing, for fear of shooting down their own men, and the smoke was drifting away from the field.

The morning was also growing much lighter.