We might, in that case, have given them a pleasant surprise.

As it is, they are hardly likely to begin by an attack along the slopes in the rear of the town, and you will see that they will commence the attack at the farther face of the town.
The battery above cannot aid us in our defence there; and although the castle may help, it will only be by a direct fire.

If they try to carry the place by a coup de main, I think we can beat them off, but they must succeed by regular approaches.
"We must inflict as much loss as we can, and then fall back.

However, it will be sometime before that comes." The next morning, Charlie found that the enemy had, during the night, erected three batteries on the slopes facing the north wall of the town, that farthest removed from the castle.

They at once opened fire, and the guns on the walls facing them replied, while those on the castle hurled their shot over the town into the enemy's battery.