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some of the ugly places we had to pass 

 through, though we had taken every 

 precaution in our power, they might have 

 inflicted great loss on us : in some places 

 they could have concealed themselves so 

 effectually, and still have had us under 

 control, that they might have decimated 

 us without our being able even to see 

 them. 



By gradually advancing every day, and 

 working pretty nearly day and night, we 

 at last approached the enemy's camp, 

 which we decided upon storming the next 

 morning at daylight. 



In fighting with natives of India it is a 

 fatal mistake to allow any time to elapse 

 before attacking them ; they attribute all 

 delay to fear, and the more you pro- 

 crastinate, the more their courage rises. 

 However, in this case, we did not leave 



