I watched my opportunity and skipped across the road and behind the south wall.

Proceeding cautiously to the west corner of the enclosure, I peeped around and seeing nobody, continued, still cautiously, until the road running east and west was reached.

I then returned to the troops, and called for volunteers.

All that were close to me, or that heard me, about a dozen, offered their services.
Commanding them to carry their arms at a trail, I watched our opportunity and got them across the road and under cover of the wall beyond, before the enemy had a shot at us.

Our men under cover of the arches kept a close watch on the intrenchments that crossed our path and the house-tops beyond, and whenever a head showed itself above the parapets they would fire at it.