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What Ben said was true. A battery of six guns was moving swiftly along the road which led to the bridge of the stream before them. The battery was so close that they could plainly hear the shouts of the drivers, as they urged their horses along the highway in the direction of the fatal spot.
"Come, there is no time to lose here! " shouted Gilbert, and put spurs to his horse. Ben followed, and away they went side by side to the very end of the bridge.