BOOK THE NINTH
I.—HOW A PARTY OF DRAGOONS WAS ROUTED BY CAPTAIN GORDON.
As soon as it began to grow light next morning, Captain Gordon mounted the church-tower to survey the town.
All seemed quiet—besieged and defenders. The Highlanders were still lying stretched on their plaids near the barricade; but the greater part of the troops, who did not possess the hardihood of the Scots, had quitted the churchyard, and sought shelter in some of the adjacent houses.