Thus terribly wounded, the poor child crept from the flames of the burning house.

There was no pity in that awful hour to come to his relief.

The heat was so intense that his almost naked body could be seen blistering and frying by the fire.

The heroic boy, striving in vain to crawl along, was literally roasted alive; and yet he did not utter an audible groan.
The slaughter was awful.

But five of the Americans were killed.