"And nine Mexicans." When it came their turn to have their wounds washed and bandaged with sterilized coverings, the Mexicans looked bewildered.

Such treatment at the hands of an enemy was beyond their comprehension.
A room below was turned over for hospital use, and there the wounded of both sides were treated.
Still the firing continued heavily throughout the city.

Trent, with his field glass constantly to his eyes, picked out the nearest roof-tops from which the Mexicans were firing.

Then he assigned sharpshooters to take care of the enemy on these roofs.
"We can do some excellent work from this position," the lieutenant remarked to his two younger officers.
It was peculiar of this fight that no regular volleys of shots were exchanged.

The Mexicans, from roof-tops, from windows and other places of hiding, fired at an American uniform wherever they could see it.
The very style of combat adopted by the enemy made it necessary for the Americans, avoiding needless losses, to fight back in the same sniping way.