Then we got a look in.' The roar of the cannon was deafening, but gradually the British were gaining the upper hand.

Here and there the little knolls upon the further side which had erupted into constant flame lay cold and silent.
One of the heavier guns was put out of action, and the other had been withdrawn for five hundred yards.

But the infantry fire still crackled and rippled along the trenches, and the guns could come no nearer with living men and horses.

It was long past midday, and that unhappy breakfast seemed further off than ever.
As the afternoon wore on, a curious condition of things was established.
The guns could not advance, and, indeed, it was found necessary to withdraw them from a 1200 to a 2800-yard range, so heavy were the losses.

At the time of the change the 75th Battery had lost three officers out of five, nineteen men, and twenty-two horses.