HORSE, FOOT, AND DRAGOONS. 



back through the 

 village to meet 

 them. The high- 

 way ran almost directly 

 north and south, and from 

 the southern edge of the 

 town I could see for a the scout. 



lonor distance ris^ht down 



the straight, white road, until it disappeared in some woods. 

 Not a soul was in sight, and no one would have thought that 

 behind the woods in front of me were several thousand troops 

 of all arms, who I knew must be already on the move. I 

 had not long to wait, for as I scanned the edge of the forest I 

 soon saw one or two dark objects, which I made out to be 

 liorsemen, movino^ out of the shadow of the trees into the 

 fields, while simultaneously a group of a dozen or more ap- 

 peared on the highway. They moved slowly forward a little 

 way, and then halted. One or two trotted off to little emi- 



