有声英语少儿童话故事 顽童故事 斯莱特山的雪堡 第9章

Itwas glorious excitement, those pell-mell onslaughts and hand-to-hand struggles.Twice we were within an ace of being driven from our stronghold, when GeneralHarris and his staff leaped recklessly upon the ramparts and hurled thebesiegers heels over head down hill.

Atsunset, the garrison of Fort Slatter was still unconquered, and theSouth-Enders, in a solid phalanx, marched off whistling “Yankee Doodle,” whilewe cheered and jeered them until they were out of hearing.

GeneralAmes remained behind to effect an exchange of prisoners. We held thirteen ofhis men, and he eleven of ours. General Ames proposed to call it an even thing,since many of his eleven prisoners were officers, while nearly all our thirteencaptives were privates. A dispute arising on this point, the two noble generalscame to fisticuffs, and in the-fracas our brave commander got his remainingwell eye badly damaged. This didn’t prevent him from writing a general orderthe next day, on a slate, in which he complimented the troops on their heroicbehavior.