The Fall of England? : the Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer
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It was, I expect, their flank attack, as much as our fire, which had turned back the enemy ; and it was a splendid sight to see their steady line, as they advanced slowly across the smooth lawn below us, firing as they went, but as steady as if on parade. We felt a great elation at this moment ; it seemed as if the battle was won. Just then somebody called out to look to the wounded, and for the first time I turned to glance down the rank along the lane. Then I saw that we had not beaten back t...he attack without loss. Immediately before me lay Lawford of my ofl[ice, dead on his back from a bullet through his forehead, his hand still grasp- ing his rifle. At every step was some friend or acquaints ance killed or wounded, and a few paces down the lane I found Travers, sitting with his back against the bank. A ball had gone through his lungs, and blood was EEMINISCENCES OF A VOLrNTEEE. 45 coming from his month. I was lifting him, hut the cry of agony he gave stopped me. I then saw that this was not his only wound; his thigh was smashed by a bullet (which must have struck him when standing on the bank), and the blood streaming down mixed in a muddy puddle with the rain-water under him.
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