six o'clock
It was impossible to calculate how many robbers and peasants the four and twenty Uhlans were capable of coping with . So , at least , the county magistrates believed . The soldiers were commanded by a lieutenant , the post-wagons were under the charge of an official accountant and a comptroller . All the postillions were provided with pistols and it was strictly ordered that the wagons were not to travel on the high-road after six o'clock . There was no lack of precaution , anyhow ! Now when the post wagons had reached the celebrated Bridge of Piski , -LSB- 45 -RSB- lo , there and then , face to face , four and twenty horsemen came , riding towards them from the opposite side of the bridge and the five and twentieth was Fatia Negra . -LSB- Footnote 45 : It was here that a small band of Hungarians under Czsez and Kureny held a whole Austrian army at bay on Feb. 9 , 1849 .