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there was an inner stockade, of which we 

 had no idea; and, though we soon dis- 

 persed the strong body of the enemy 

 defending the entrance into the breach, 

 they, after being forced back, retreated, 

 leaving about fifty dead and wounded in 

 our possession. They retired into the 

 inner stockade which was securely barri- 

 caded, and then we found ourselves 

 perfectly helpless to do anything more : 

 we had no guns with us, and the Horse 

 Artillery had retired ; we had no scaling 

 ladders, and there we stood to be shot at 

 like crows, and many a poor fellow was 

 shot down through the loopholes of the 

 second wall. 



I should here mention that the officer 

 commanding the storming party was 

 killed at the outer breach, and I do not 

 know what would have become of us if 



