We had barely time to deploy as skirmishers, when the Rebel commander, seeing that his only hope of escape from the trap we were laying for him lay in a quick and decisive charge, came down upon us like an avalanche, crushing through the force that was on the road, and sweeping a clean path for his escape.
"Three Years in the Federal Cavalry"
Willard Glazier
Some time before reaching it Taylor was to deploy the Eighth to the right, throw out a strong skirmish line and open fire on the enemy's centre and left, supported by the battery of Parrotts, and, if pushed, by five companies of cavalry.
"The Brigade Commander"
J. W. Deforest
The French columns now topped the ridge, uttering shouts of triumph, and began to deploy into line for the final charge.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose