Between Snow and Fire — page 130: what you’re looking at

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122 'TWEEN SNOW AND FIRE. barely fifty rounds left among the whole patrol—that is to Say, something less than a round and a half per man. And they were still hemmed in by hundreds of the enemy, closely hemmed in, too, as the recent fatality proved, and it still wanted a good many hours till dark. Small wonder that a very gloomy expression rested upon almost every counte- rance. The position was almost as bad as it could possibly GComicboo cS m