I think you killed six of them.

And what was the next occasion ?" "The next followed very quickly, general; and was given for carrying an order to the Prussian horse, which enabled them to get back to our lines before the Austrian cavalry fell upon them." "I was there," Lacy said.

"So you were the officer who charged through a squadron of our cavalry, accompanied by a single orderly! You certainly won your promotion fairly there.

And where did you get your last step ?" "At Zorndorf where, in the melee, when the Russians broke our ranks, I was fortunate enough to intercept three Russian dragoons who were making for the king, who was hemmed in among the infantry he was trying to rally." "A good reason, again, for promotion.

Well, if you go on, you are likely to rise as high as your cousin.