One night, while we were lying prone behind some earthworks, we heard
the sound of hoofs. For a time we could not detect the intruders, so
kept quite still. Then a light flickered out in the distance, then
another disclosing a party of Uhlans, who, thinking they had the
country to themselves, were lighting their pipes. We allowed them to
advance, joking among themselves, until they were within close range.
Then we gave them a volley. Three were killed, and the remainder, very
scared, galloped off: _A Corporal of a Highland Regiment_.