Quatre hussards montés et deux à pied, du même régiment que les autres, venaient vers le pont et en étaient encore à deux cents pas lorsque le coup de pistolet partit : ils regardaient fort attentivement ce qui se passait sur le pont, et s’imaginant que Fabrice avait tiré sur leurs camarades, les quatre à cheval fondirent sur lui au galop et le sabre haut ; c’était une véritable charge.
Four mounted hussars and two on foot, of the same regiment as the others, were coming towards the bridge and were still two hundred yards away from it when the pistol went off. They had been paying close attention to what was happening on the bridge, and, imagining that Fabrizio had fired at their comrades, the four mounted men galloped upon him with raised sabres: it was a regular cavalry charge.