wave after
wave, and
at last
checking
the fifth
and
"master"
wave
almost at
the very
brink of
the
Franco-American
parapet.
"That's
how they
do!" Mahan
pantingly
explained
to a
rather
shaky
newcomer,
as the
last wave
fell back.
"They
count on
numbers
and
bullrushes
to get
them
there. If
they'd had
ten
thousand
men, in
that rush,
instead of
five
thousand,
they'd
have got
us. And if
they had
twice as
many men
in their
whole army
