"We will give them another lesson, and this time on more favourable terms than the last." The troops formed into column, and galloped at a canter through the burning village.

At the other end they came upon a number of stragglers, who were at once killed.

Then they emerged into the fields beyond, and formed line.

The plain was dotted with men, the nearest but a hundred yards away, the farthest nearly half a mile.
In a single line the horsemen swept along.

The rearmost Welshmen turned round at the tramp of the horses, and at once, throwing to the ground the bundles that they carried, took to their heels with shouts of warning.