I thought that the French skirmishers would have shot him down, but not a trigger was drawn, and he got back to his company with one sword through his arm and half of another in his hand.
Je croyais bien que les tirailleurs français allaient labattre, mais pas une détente ne partit, et il revint à sa compagnie avec une lame de sabre dans un bras, et une moitié de sabre à la main.