warriors in hollow and vale

Lie low in the grass till the troopers pass and then

they creep over the trail.

The trumpets have sounded—the General shouts!

He pulls up and turns to the rear;

"We can't go back—they've covered our track—

we've got t' fight 'em here."

He rushes a troop to the point of the ridge, where

the valley opens wide,

And Smith deploys a line of the boys to stop the