"An' ye must hav' had it hot in here too." "It was hand to hand, Sergeant, and we lost some men--four dead.

How did you fare along your side of the house ?" "Three kilt, an' maybe a dozen wounded.

Oi got chipped up myself, but only the skin av me.

Those lads come up fierce, sorr, an' they'd 'a' made it too, only fer our ravolvers.

We must have shot a dozen of 'em right in the winders." "And the rest of the house--do you know how they came out ?" "Oi do, sorr; Oi've made the rounds.