Well, that is a satisfactory beginning, gentlemen; they will take a long time to knock the place about our ears at this rate.

Now we will see if we cannot clear them out of the gardens.

Captain Doolan, will you take the glasses and watch the battery; if you see any movement about the guns, the fire will be reopened at once; until then all will devote their attention to those fellows among the bushes; it is important to teach them that they are not safe there, for a chance ball might come in between the sandbags.

Each of you pick out a particular bush, and watch it till you see the exact position in which anyone firing from it must be in, and then try to silence him.

Don't throw away a shot if you can help it.