Of these some were Prussians; a proof that some devoted hand had fired the train, and destroyed both friend and foe.
They found the tube of Long Tom sticking up, just as he had shown over the battlements that glorious day, with this exception, that a great piece was knocked off his lip, and the slice ended in a long, broad crack.
The soldiers looked at this.

"That is our bullet's work," said they.
Then one old veteran touched his cap, and told Raynal gravely, he knew where their beloved colonel was.

"Dig here, to the bottom," said he.

"HE LIES BENEATH HIS WORK." Improbable and superstitious as this was, the hearts of the soldiers assented to it.
Presently there was a joyful cry outside the bastion.

A rush was made thither.