"If we catch 'em between two fires victory is surely ours." "Besides beatin' 'em, thar's one thing I hope fur," said Reed.

"Ef that traitor Leonard hasn't fell already I'm prayin' that I git a look at him.
My old cap-an'-ball rifle here is jest ez true ez ever." The mountaineer's eyes glittered again, and Dick did not feel that Leonard's fate was in any doubt.

But there was little time for talk, as the column began the march again and pressed on under cover of the cedars until they came without interruption and triumphantly to the very crest of the slope.

The firing was still distinctly audible here, and the other half of the army was undoubtedly keeping the guerrillas busy.
On the summit Dick gave his men another brief breathing spell, and then they began their advance toward the battle.

He threw in advance the best of the sharpshooters and scouts, including Whitley, Shepard and Reed, and then followed swiftly with the others.