Get up and listen.' "Very unwillingly, I got out of bed and opened the window, and, by the holy poker, I found that Pat was right.

There was a sound of firing, shouting, and screaming, and I heard the gallop of a heavy body of horsemen, and, directly afterwards, a squadron of German cuirassiers came galloping down the street.
"'It is time for us to be out of this, Pat,' I said, and jumped into my clothes, quicker than I had ever done before.
"We went downstairs, and I borrowed two overcoats that we found hanging there, and put them on over our uniforms.

Then we went out, by the back door, and ran as hard as we could, keeping through narrow lanes, to the barracks.
"On my way, I had to pass a barrier near a toll gate.

Here there were thirty-six of our men under a sergeant.

Not knowing where the enemy were, or whether they were between me and the barracks, I thought it best to stay there, and of course took the command.
Just as I had done so, I heard the tramping of cavalry, and had the gate shut.