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More yagers arrived, fell into disorder, and knocked against one

another; the gentry in the tumult could not cut and slash; the

yagers could not shoot, for they were fighting hand to hand. Like

tooth on tooth, steel on steel clashed and snapped; bayonet broke

on sabre and scythe on sword hilt; fist met fist and arm met arm.

But Rykov, with a part of the yagers, ran up to where the barn

adjoined the fence; there he made a stand and called to his

soldiers that they should stop so disorderly a fight, since,

without having a chance to use their weapons, they were falling

beneath the fists of the enemy. Angry that he himself could not

fire, for in the press he could not distinguish Muscovites from

Poles, he shouted, "Fall in" (which means form in line); but his

command could not be heard in the midst of the shouting.