four o'clock
in the morning
On every side they were beating the reveille ; the bridges were finished , and we were going to cross the Saale . A heavy dew had fallen , and each man hastened to wipe his musket , to roll up his great-coat and buckle it on his knapsack . One assisted the other , and we were soon in the ranks . It might have been four o'clock in the morning , and everything seemed gray in the mist that arose from the river . Already two battalions were crossing on the bridges , the officers and colors in the centre . Then the artillery and caissons crossed . Captain Florentin had just ordered us to renew our primings , when General Souham , General Chemineau , Colonel Zapfel , and our commandant arrived .