Finally a shell fell and exploded in the midst of a group of men, and, for the time, cover was made compulsory by order of the Prince.

But the rank and file grew impatient, and demanded an attack with such insistence that the Prince was obliged to move.

There were two steep ridges to the west of the city, crowned by strong stone breastworks and held by considerable detachments of regulars, being positions of supreme importance, as they commanded the redoubts on that side from a distance of 300 to 500 yards.

The Prince gave the assault of one to a battalion of Montenegrins, and the other to the Herzegovinian auxiliaries.
There was in our camp a young German officer who had been under a shadow, and had been sent away to retrieve his reputation for courage.
He came to Montenegro to earn a decoration, and begged the Prince to let him go with the Montenegrin battalion.

At the foot of each ridge was an outwork which had first to be taken by assault, from across the open, and which was taken in the early twilight, the Turks seeking refuge in the redoubt above.