The enemy, as they straggled out through the burning village, paused, on seeing the strong posilion which yet remained to be carried.

The mill stream was rapid and deep, and the approaches swept by the fire from the mill.

There was a pause, and then the cannon were brought up and fire opened upon the mill, the musketry keeping up an incessant rattle from every wall and clump of bushes.
The mill was built of wood, and the cannon shot went through and through it.

But Harry directed his men to place rows of sacks along each floor facing the enemy, and lying down behind these to fire through holes pierced in the planks.

For half an hour the cannonade continued, and then the enemy were seen advancing, carrying beams and the trunks of small trees, to make a bridge across the stream.