midnight
Three cheers for the heroes of Tel-el-Kebir , dead and livin ' ! '' cried Armstrong , setting the example . The response was prompt and hearty , and for a few moments a forest of white helmets waved in the air . The enthusiasm was not allowed to cool , for the next station was Kassassin , where the Life Guards and our cavalry made their midnight charges ; and where there occurred , perhaps , one of the longest day 's fighting in the war of 1882 . Here , also , they saw the graves of the poor fellows who fell at that time , but the sight did not depress the men much . The somewhat lugubrious Sutherland alone seemed to take a serious view of such matters . `` It 's a ' vera weel for licht-hearted lads like you to laugh an ' cheer , '' he said , `` but there 's naething mair certain than that some o ' you that 's laughin ' an ' cheerin ' yenoo , an ' boastin ' o ' lickin ' the Soudan neegers , 'll fill sandy graves afore lang . ''