HAL TURNS THE GATLING GUN LOOSE
"Gatling gun to the head of the line! Lie down, men!"
Two men dropped even before the order had been given, for Moro bullets had found them.
After firing volleys, the "point" and advance guard fell back on the run.
"Take the infantry fire at this point, Sergeant Overton!" commanded Lieutenant Prescott briskly.
"Open magazines! Load magazines!" shouted Sergeant Hal to the men in the swiftly formed front rank. "Ready, aim! At will, point-blank range—fire!"
Prettily enough the American fire opened on the Moros rushing down the narrow path.
The centre of the American column, at Lieutenant Holmes's order, opened fire across the gully at the wooded ambush on the left.
Captain Freeman took up his stand a little forward of the centre, where he could watch the fire in both directions.
"Hurry up that Gatling gun, Prescott."