. Bullet and shell. War as the soldier saw it; camp, march, and picket; battlefield and bivouac; prison and hospital. ompense to the survivors, while our colonel gaineda brigadiers star for the action. But the battle was not yet over; for as we fell back with ourprizes I saw bright sheets of flame break out on our extremeright, and run along rapidly towards the rear. It was nowgetting well on towards evening, and the flashes of the mus-ketry made the darkness appear all the more intense. Butwhat could this wheeling line mean ? I say, Wilmot! exclaimed Corporal Foster as we stoodwatching this f
. Bullet and shell. War as the soldier saw it; camp, march, and picket; battlefield and bivouac; prison and hospital. ompense to the survivors, while our colonel gaineda brigadiers star for the action. But the battle was not yet over; for as we fell back with ourprizes I saw bright sheets of flame break out on our extremeright, and run along rapidly towards the rear. It was nowgetting well on towards evening, and the flashes of the mus-ketry made the darkness appear all the more intense. Butwhat could this wheeling line mean ? I say, Wilmot! exclaimed Corporal Foster as we stoodwatching this fresh outburst, that looks as though we werebeing outflanked. Impossible, Sam ! The enemy surely could not get so farround us. A SAVAGE BOUT. 95 Faix, I dunno, remarked Dennis, leaning thoughtfully onhis rifle: Im beginning to belave any thing of thim loike Mother Maloneys flea: you never know when youhave em safe. The rolUng musketry increased in volume and intensity everymoment, and it was evident that our line was slowly fallingback. Then we saw lines of wounded coming towards us, >feiMi:it^:^.:. THE IRISH BRIGADE TO THE RESCUE. which seemed strange, as Savages Station lay in the otherdirection. Forward, ye divils ! shouted a Celtic voice in the hollowbelow us. Looking down, we saw the Irish brigade. GeneralMeagher at its head, coming along at a jog-trot. Despite thegathering darkness, I could see that the mens faces were set asthough they knew that something desperate was in store forthem. As the brigade reached the higher ground, I saw the 96 BULLET AND SHELL. general turn in his saddle, and wave his sword over his appeal was answered by a wild cheer ; and the brave fellowswent forward at a tremendous pace, dashing into the woodswhere the battle was fiercely raging. Just at that moment our own brigade was ordered to re-form : but the firing along our immediate front was not heavy,so our regiment lay at the edge of the hollow, comparativelyquiet; thou
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