The glow of their matches enabled the enemy to fire with precision,
and a heavy cannonade was poured upon them throughout the whole night.
Three hundred men were killed as they stood, Munro losing twelve
men by one shot; but the brigade stood their ground unflinchingly,
and remained until morning in steady line in readiness to repel
any sortie of the enemy.
The army suffered greatly on the march from the Lech to Ingolstadt,
and thence to Munich, from the attacks of the country people, who
were excited against them by the priests. Every straggler who fell
into their hands was murdered with horrible cruelty, the hands and
feet being cut off, and other savage mutilations being performed
upon them, in revenge for which the Swedes and Scots shot all the
Bavarians who fell into their hands, and burned two hundred towns
and villages.
CHAPTER XIII CAPTURED BY THE PEASANTS
Malcolm Graheme was not present at the siege of Ingolstadt. The orders
after crossing the Lech had been very strict against straggling,
so soon as the disposition of the country people was seen; but it
is not easy to keep a large column of troops in a solid body. The
regiments in the march indeed, under the eye of the officers, can
be kept in column, but a considerable number of troops are scattered
along the great convoy of wagons containing the tents, stores, and
ammunition of the army, and which often extends some miles in length.
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