Fabrice entendit un petit bruit singulier tout près de lui : il tourna la tête, quatre hommes étaient tombés avec leurs chevaux ; le général lui-même avait été renversé, mais il se relevait tout couvert de sang.
Fabrizio heard an odd little sound quite close to him: he turned his head, four men had fallen with their horses; the general himself had been unseated, but picked himself up, covered in blood.