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ferocious group. They were the wild strokes of a proud, brave
man dying hard, and he was quickly overborne, and left helpless
and dying. The heroic soldier who sprung to his rescue was, I
fear, also slain in the melee, for – though I watched for him – I
never saw him get back to his place in the ranks.
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