Note 28 — Chapter IV · WHAT WAS DONE DURING THE NIGHT—THE PASSAGE DU SAUMON

The barricade did not hold out for two minutes. In several places, it may be remembered, it was low. It was rather stridden over than scaled. That was all the more heroic. One of the survivors28 told the writer of these lines, "The barricade defended itself very badly, but the men died very well."