Take a steady aim at the windows through which they are firing." Late in the afternoon the fire of the guerillas slackened a good deal, and it was evident that their leaders were enjoining them not to waste their ammunition.

As it became dark, the officers gathered again in the body of the church.

The total loss had risen to thirty-two killed and fifty wounded, the English casualties being about a third of the whole.
"It is a heavy loss," the major said, "and I have noticed that, as the fire slackened, the proportion of men hit has been larger.

I suppose that they are only keeping their best shots at work." "I should fancy," Terence said, "that if we were to make a sortie, we could scatter them altogether.

As soon as it is dark we might get out by that sacristy door at the rear.