It was the final effort of our batteries, and was terrible while it lasted.
The shells, bursting among the dry leaves, had set the woods on fire, and the flames were slowly traversing the ground where the battle had raged.

We made every effort to remove the wounded to places of safety, before the fire should reach them.

At that time we thought we had succeeded.

Late in the afternoon I found several wounded men lying in secluded places, where they had been terribly burned, though they were still alive.

Very few of them survived.
Our loss in this battle was a tenth of our whole force.