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The farther forward and nearer the enemy he went, the more

orderly and cheerful were the troops. The greatest disorder and

depression had been in the baggage train he had passed that

morning on the Znaim road seven miles away from the French. At

Grunth also some apprehension and alarm could be felt, but the

nearer Prince Andrew came to the French lines the more confident

was the appearance of our troops. The soldiers in their

greatcoats were ranged in lines, the sergeants major and company

officers were counting the men, poking the last man in each

section in the ribs and telling him to hold his hand up. Soldiers

scattered over the whole place were dragging logs and brushwood

and were building shelters with merry chatter and laughter;

around the fires sat others, dressed and undressed, drying their

shirts and leg bands or mending boots or overcoats and crowding

round the boilers and porridge cookers.