"That was just at the beginning! It was up to the Bosches to advance. We let them cross the river.... Heavens! How they swarmed! Then all at once the 75's began to talk!... Their bridges were smashed up at once. And the arms and legs and heads that were flying about!... It appears to have been highly entertaining!"
"And now?"
"We're pursuing them. Bringing up reinforcements, and masses of artillery!"
He added:
"But we've been badly cut up!"
"In ours?"
"If you saw the ambulance, just over there!"
Frémont interrupted:
"Halloa! That our lot starting?"
"Yes, there was something doing down there."