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In the fresh morning air were now heard, not two or three musket

shots at irregular intervals as before, followed by one or two

cannon shots, but a roll of volleys of musketry from the slopes

of the hill before Pratzen, interrupted by such frequent reports

of cannon that sometimes several of them were not separated from

one another but merged into a general roar.

He could see puffs of musketry smoke that seemed to chase one

another down the hillsides, and clouds of cannon smoke rolling,

spreading, and mingling with one another. He could also, by the

gleam of bayonets visible through the smoke, make out moving

masses of infantry and narrow lines of artillery with green

caissons.