In less than three minutes there was not a man left in the buildings; the five hundred Montsou men were ranged in two rows, and the Vandame men, who had had the treachery to go down, were forced to pass between this double hedge.
En moins de trois minutes, il ne resta pas un homme dans les bâtiments, les cinq cents de Montsou se rangerent sur deux files, pour forcer a passer entre cette double haie ceux de Vandame qui avaient eu la traîtrise de descendre.