Then he plunged his hand into the bag of bombs, and, leaning back, threw one with a full swing of the arm, aiming each time.

That excited us, and we did our best." But meanwhile the enemy is stealing up behind, between the trench and the fort.

Captain Tabourot is mortally hit, and is carried into the dressing-station within the fort.

Commandant Raynal, himself wounded, comes to see him.

"No word of consolation, no false hope.