Parker spread out a map.
"Just step over here, Lieutenant.

This is our present position, represented by the irregular blue line; those red squares show the enemy's forces as far as we understand them.

The crosses represent batteries, and the important intrenchments are shown by the double lines.

Of course this is imperfect, largely drawn from the reports of scouts.

Their line is slightly shorter than our own, our right overlapping, but they have a stronger reserve force protecting the centre.