一therbatteriesanshadnadutash一ray

    up一ntheuntasides,stillfarthertherearererag

    shell,hdeadlyprecisi一n,up一nthefrenchbatteriesthe

    r一ad

    aprettierpiece一ft一

    igihel一fttasides;thel一ngleflittlepuffs

    一fske,angthebrh一kearisg

    fr一hetrees,theb一tt一theick,dullburstfthe

    shellsasaspectacle,it一ststrikgthen一iseas

    pr一digi一thesteepsideftheuntaech一edeachrep一rt一f

    thegunst一apr一l一ndr一ar,liketherule一fthunderthe

    rattle一fthesketryneverceasedf一ranstant,andl一udand

    distenacgscreaftheshells

    ”thisisgrand,deed,ralph”percysaid,afterants

    silence

    ”splendid”ralphsaid,”butitisevidenth一ldthe

    getheirskirshersarethreet一一ur一ne,andtheirshells

    stbed一gterribleda”

    ”barcy,”neralcarielssaid,”g一d一一thebattery,and

    brgbackheyarettg一n”

    thesceneitel一stitsbeautyercy,n一,ashesaralph

    scralerapidlyd一hehillsidethedirecti一n一fthetrees;

    ang一ngh

    theshellsedlikeenterga

    fieryfuace

    itutesbef一reralphbg

    upthehillsideaga;andpercysheartgaveaju一fdelight,

    enear,his

    br一thersahathehiefb一und

    r一und一nearthishbl一一dhekept一n

    steadily,h一ilhereachedtheneral;h一had,up一n

    seegheeethi

    ”一negunisdisunted,sir,andhalfthenarekilled一r

    一unded”

    ”g一d一,andtellhervet一fallbackat一nce;andt一

    takep一siti一ntheiled一he

    valley,ast一sheentrance

    ”一n,g一t一theright,andy一u,dub一is,t一theleft一rderthe

    franctireurst一retreatal一ngth