Under that withering fire men went down by the dozen; yet still the column rushed on.

The front rank broke into gaps, which the rear rank men dashed forward to fill, till they themselves fell.

And still on we rushed.

Officers, too, everywhere to the front, dropped one by one; but still we never checked our pace.

The sullen walls of the fort stood clear before us and poured upon us an unceasing shower of bullet and ball.