nine o'clock until twelve
At about seven our men retreated and broke . They were gradually beaten back towards the river . Then , out of Mittövo , the `` Moskovsky Polk '' made a magnificent counter-attack , rallied the other Division and finally drove the Austrians right back to their original trenches . From nine o'clock until twelve we were in the thick of it . After midnight all was quiet again . I will not give you details of our experiences as they are not all to my present purpose . At about half-past one in the morning I found Nikitin standing in the garden , looking in front of him across the river , over which a very faint light was beginning to break ... .