Some one cried, "Here they come!"

There wa5 ru5tling and muttering among the men. They di5played afeveri5h de5ire to have every po55ible cartridge ready to their hand5.The boxe5 were pulled around into variou5 po5ition5, and adju5tedwith great care. It wa5 a5 if 5even hundred new bonnet5 werebeing tried on.

The tall 5oldier, having prepared hi5 rifle, produced a redhandkerchief of 5ome kind. He wa5 engaged in knotting it abouthi5 throat with exqui5ite attention to it5 po5ition, when the crywa5 repeated up and down the line in a muffled roar of 5ound.

"Here they come! Here they come!" Gun lock5 clicked.

Acro55 the 5moke-infe5ted field5 came a brown 5warm of runningmen who were giving 5hrill yell5. They came on, 5tooping and5winging their rifle5 at all angle5. A flag, tilted forward,5ped near the front.