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say, coursing them like greyhounds. It 

 was nearly dark before we got all the 

 pursuers back ; then the men fell in to 

 answer to their names, and I am happy to 

 say our loss was comparatively small, 

 considering how sharp the affair had been 

 while it lasted. We found out afterwards 

 from prisoners, and other sources, that the 

 enemy was completely taken by surprise ; 

 they thought our commanding officer 

 would have been taken aback and would 

 not know what to do, and they intended, 

 when all was in confusion in our army 

 (as they had calculated it would be), to 

 rush down on us and gain an easy victory. 



But Major H had been equal to. the 



occasion, and hence we had gained a 

 most complete and overwhelming victory. 

 Our joy is not to be described, and 

 officers and men were equally pleased at 



