... air ring with the booming of the great guns, the rattle of musketry, the shouts of men, and all the wild up roar of battle. Two days of quiet! why, it's absolutely stagnating. But, where's Hallack ? Nobody knows. Has he left the river with his main body? Beyond a doubt. What's he doing? Entrenching himself as he comes, and fortifying his trenches with heavy guns. Then he means fight...