"The general bade me tell you all was going well.

The enemy were falling back, and will soon be in full flight." "Very well, Mr.Kennedy.By this time, he will have found out that he was a little too sanguine." The fire had, indeed, for the past few minutes broken out with augmented fury.

Marlborough had arrived at the threatened point, and had placed himself at the head of the Dutch and Hanoverians, and, animated by his presence, these had not only ceased to fall back, but were in turn advancing.
"The battle is not won yet, Kennedy," O'Sullivan, who had returned a few minutes before from the front, said, as he joined him.

"On our left we are being driven back, for a large force has reinforced the enemy there, and unless our main column defeats the allied left, and pushes them into Oudenarde, we shall have night coming on before we have finished; and, as our cavalry cannot act in these cramped fields, Marlborough will be able to draw off without any great loss." For an hour, there was no change.

Then Berwick, looking round, beckoned to Desmond.
"Mr.Kennedy," he said, "a strong force of the enemy moved, half an hour ago, towards their left.