Yesterday and today almost all the men have been up here, to ask why Jean did not take them.

I told them that that was one reason; and another was that, had they started on foot when you did, they would not have arrived in time to take part in the fight at Chollet." The conversation, begun as Leigh dismounted, had been continued in the house, the groom having taken the horse round to the stable.
"So the peasants fought well, Leigh ?" "They would have fought well, if the Blues had given them a chance; but these would not stop till they came up to them.

If they had done so, I am convinced that the peasants would have beaten them.
There was no mistaking the way they rushed forward and, upon my word, I am not surprised that the enemy gave way; although well armed, and not far inferior in numbers, they would have had no chance with them." "And did you rush forward, Leigh ?" "We were with the party that attacked the cavalry.

Jean and I fired our rifles twice, and after that we only saw the backs of the cavalry.

If they had been well-drilled troops they ought to have scattered us like sheep; for everything must have gone down before them, had they charged.