The new arrivals were welcomed lustily, and soon found themselves
within the barricades, where they commenced a brisk fire against
their unseen enemies on roof and at window, who still kept up a
scattering fire. Meanwhile, the leaders held a brief consultation
to decide their immediate course of action.
It was decided to dispatch small bodies of men, as many as could
be spared, to clean up the adjacent streets, and so prevent the
rioters from massing again.
The four Army Boys, together with twelve of their company, two
squads in all, found themselves detailed to a narrow street, and
they soon found that their task was going to prove no sinecure.
The street was very narrow, bordered by tall, peaked houses, and
every house seemed to shelter two or three riflemen. It was only
occasionally that the Americans could see their opponents, but
when a German did venture to expose himself for a moment, his slip
almost invariably proved fatal, as the American rifles spoke with
deadly effect. But the Americans were at a terrible disadvantage,
and the sergeant in charge saw this and acted accordingly.
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