"Perhaps the rank and file will."
"They dare not."
"Why?"
"I was with Montgomery at Havana, and I know that he would turn his gun on his own men if they showed any signs of retreating. He is the very devil when fighting."
"What shall we do?'
"I must think."
The colonel had shown his anxiety more than he had intended, and he must have some time to recover his equilibrium.
In a few minutes he had taken his glass and scanned the enemy's works.
He saw the weak spots and gave orders that they should be charged.
A regiment sallied out and marched with band playing and banners flying.