Several battalions of soldiers, in their shirt sleeves despite the cold wind, swarmed in these earthworks like a host of white ants; spadefuls of red clay were continually being thrown up from behind the bank by unseen hands. [Please select]
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He had not thrown out many spadefuls, when something was heard to ring on the ground with the sound of falling metal. [Please select]
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Here, after turning up a few spadefuls of earth, he struck upon a stone. [Please select]
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