But Crockett, Bowie and a dozen others were crouched on the wall with their rifles.
Presently an incautious Mexican showed above the earthwork.

It was Crockett who slew him, but Bowie took the next.

Then the other rifles flashed fast, eight or ten Mexicans were slain, and the rest fled.

Once more the deadly Texan rifles had triumphed.
Ned wondered why Santa Anna had endeavored to place the battery there in the daytime.

It could be done at night, when it was impossible for the Texans to aim their rifles so well.