Both English and French were indignant at being pent up by a foe they thoroughly despised, and were eager to be at the enemy.

The casualties added to their wrath; one of the French officers had been killed, and another hurt seriously; while three of the English had also been wounded, though in each case but slightly.
The bolts of the door were noiselessly drawn, and that of the lock forced back; then the two little parties stole out, in the order in which they had been directed.

The guerillas had just begun to fire heavily, as a prelude, Terence had no doubt, to a serious attack upon the church.

Fortunately there were no houses at the back of the church, and no shout indicated that the party were seen.

They therefore kept together, until fifty or sixty yards from the door; then they separated, and continued their way to the ends of the village to which they had been, respectively, assigned.
Then at one end of the village a French trumpeter sounded the charge, and two drummers at the other beat the same order, vigorously, and with loud cheers they rushed down the street, the French and English alike shouting.