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geant was, in fact, my commandant for the 

 time being. 



Our attention was soon occupied with 

 what was going on in front, for our gallant 

 comrades were now in the thick of it ; they 

 advanced in splendid style, without firing 

 a shot in reply to the showers of arrows, 

 jeels, and quoits, which came in dense 

 masses on our brave little army. We were 

 filled with pride and admiration at the 

 determined and steady advance which 

 they maintained under such a murderous 

 volley of deadly missiles, By this time 

 they were close up to the main body of the 

 Nepaulese, and then the order was given 

 to form line, which order I thought should 

 have been given before. This formation 

 did not take more than a few minutes to 

 execute, as it was done at the double ; and 

 then we poured such a withering fire into 



