IV.

O’er Zabaldíca and the torrent Lanz Frowned a steep hill, where Spain her sons had placed Beneath Murillo. There the host of France Its efforts now concentring urged with haste, And tirailleur and voltigeur embraced The peak around, while marched Clausel and Reille Their columns dense along the mountain-waste. They charged--Pravía stood the shock awhile, But numbers soon o’erpower Hesperia’s broken file.