But no; it is the white smoke of their guns, while cannoneers and infantry simultaneously fire on the confident assaulters, who stagger, reel under their death-dealing volley, and in a moment the Federal lines are broken and they retreat in masses under cover.
"Lee's Last Campaign"
John C. Gorman
But reinforcements have come to the help of the assaulters.
"Lee's Last Campaign"
John C. Gorman
Now our outposts were very often surprised by sallies from the fortress; we, in the highly-situated camp, could see the assaulters as they issued from the fortress, but our outposts, lying at the foot of the hill, could not.
"A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3)"
Felix Dahn