And hurled the foeman down with deafening British cheers!
XII.
And at Rodrigo, where the counterscarp
Inviolate standing cost thy Crawfurd’s life,
And ’gainst stern wall and cannon rattling sharp
Man’s naked breast maintained unequal strife;
And Badajoz, where on the stormers, rife
With daring, rushed by deadly breach and scale,
Like lava poured ’gainst bayonet, pike, and knife,