We can do no good with them, and should only be in the way.

When it begins to get light, we will try and find the marshal.
"You may as well get hold of the first musket and ammunition pouch that you can pick up.

There will be enough for every man to do to hold this place until more reinforcements come up." A desperate struggle went on in the streets.

The Prussians who had been driven back joined the battalion just arrived.

Bayonets and the butt-end of the musket were used, rather than shot; for in the mist friend could not be distinguished from foe five yards away, and it was from their shouts rather than by their uniforms that men knew whether they had one or other in front of them.