If they all go at once they'll break it down, and we'll lose our quarry.

But you want to capture them--alive ?" "I certainly do!" Armitage replied, and turned to laugh at Oscar, who had fired at the barricade from the back of his horse, which was resenting the indignity by trying to throw his rider.
The enemy now concentrated a sharp fire upon Armitage, whose horse snorted and pawed the ground as the balls cut the air and earth.
"For God's sake, get off that horse, Armitage!" bawled Claiborne, rising upon, the rock.

"There's no use in wasting yourself that way." "My arm aches and I've got to do something.

Let's try storming them just for fun.

It's a cavalry stunt, Claiborne, and you can play being the artillery that's supporting our advance.