Detachment of three columns took its station,
And waited but the signal's voice to burst
Upon the foe: the second's ordination
Was also in three columns, with a thirst
For Glory gaping o'er a sea of Slaughter:
The third, in columns two, attacked by water.[403]
LI.
New batteries were erected, and was held
A general council, in which Unanimity,
That stranger to most councils, here prevailed,[404]