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‘On to your faces, men!’ shouted Saxon, in a voice which rose high above the crash of the musketry and the cries of the wounded. The pikemen and scythesmen threw themselves down at his command, while the musqueteers knelt in front of them, loading and firing, with nothing to aim at save the burning matches of the enemy’s pieces, which could be seen twinkling through the darkness. All along, both to the right and the left, a rolling fire had broken out, Christian Louboutin Sneakers coming in short, quick volleys from the soldiers, and in a continuous Eliseu Drakter confused rattle from the peasants. On the further wing our four guns had been brought into play, and we could hear their dull growling in the distance.
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