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132 nights past the most sanguinary fights, & they appear to attack en masse, first having sent out spies and tiralleurs*. Last night, one of the belligerents was reinforced by a strong brigade from another house on the other side of the ? - they had been prevented from coming to join in the fray before, to the late high tides, but their coalition with one party, settled the business in a few minutes. The squeaking, running, charging & tumbling about & devil take the hindmost from the wainscotting was amusing indeed - thus for a time there will be a cessation of hostilities.

• tirailleur: light infantry during Napoleonic era