Next the wounded, such as could stir, descended from the boats, one poor fellow staggering and nearly falling as soon as he reached the deck.

After which the badly wounded were carefully lifted out and carried below, to be laid in a row to wait the doctor and his assistant make their first rapid examination, to apply tourniquets and bandaged pads to the most serious injuries.
"Good heavens, Mr Brooke, what a condition you are in! The doctor must take you first." "Oh no, sir," said the young lieutenant quietly.

"I'm not very bad; a cut from a heavy sword through my cap.

It has stopped bleeding.

My hands are a little bruised." "But how was this ?" "As we advanced to board, they threw quite a volley of stink-pots fizzing away into us.