Go right at them!" And with pistols in their left hands, and their swords in their right, they sent their horses at full speed against the enemy.
These had scarcely got into motion when, like a thunderbolt, Fergus and his orderly burst down upon them.
[Illusgtration: Not a blow was struck, horse and rider went down before them] The shock was irresistible.

Their horses were much heavier and more powerful than those of the Austrians, and their weight and impetus carried all before them.

Not a blow was struck.

Horse and rider went down before them, or were swept aside.

They were scarcely conscious that they were through, before they encountered the second line.
Here the fight was much more severe.